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Badshot Lea

Badshot Lea is a village in Hampshire, England, with 33 bus stops and Aldershot railway station 1.3 km away. It has around 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 23 restaurants and cafés, and there were around 117 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Badshot Lea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rushmoor area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 99,756 residents at roughly 2,555 people per km².

Council
Rushmoor
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Aldershot
Police force
Hampshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 144th of 294 English council areas — better than 51% of them.

Home affordability41
Affordable rents30
Good schools19
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation62
Employment57
Low council tax77

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°COvercast

  • Today: 17° / 10° · 10% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:33

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

105 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences42
  • Public order14
  • Shoplifting14
  • Anti-social behaviour10

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Weybourne, Badshot Lea & Moor Park · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Waverley has been identified as a force hotspot for Fraud and Rogue offender offences. Statistically it is more likely a person aged 70 a…
  • Increased reports of Anti-social behaviour in Tices Meadow.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

150 reported road collisions (2024)

34 killed or seriously injured · 182 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

410 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 332 rated 4–5 ★ (257 top)
  • 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aldershot (1.7 km)
  • 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aldershot (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,963 average 2.4% YoY

Across Rushmoor · to 2026-06

Detached£613,025
Semi-detached£404,492
Terraced£331,470
Flat£199,692

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,387 average monthly rent 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £980
  • 2 bed £1,271
  • 3 bed £1,533

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (1.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (10.5 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

29 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: West Way Nissan Aldershot (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools11
  • Sports pitches56
  • Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

99,756 residents in Rushmoor · 2,555/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 196 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,320 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (40% of 42,720)

A £1,547
B £1,805
C £2,062
D £2,320
E £2,836
F £3,352
G £3,867
H £4,641

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

43 schools · 13,140 pupils

30 primary · 3 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 12 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bohunt FarnboroughInadequate
  • Cove School
  • The Wavell School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushmoor

Care & health services

1,436 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes482
  • GP practices163
  • Dentists325
  • Homecare agencies362
  • Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

40 applications decided

97.5% granted · 39 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Gregory Stafford

Conservative

Farnham and Bordon

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 10
  • LD 3
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens23
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £33,691 avg

e.g. Become a Biology Tutor in Badshot Lea – Flexible & Remote, Online Music Tutoring Job in Badshot Lea – Flexible Schedule, Online Piano Tutoring Job in Badshot Lea – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,498 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 49,788 certificates

8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Solar 33% · Imports 29% · Gas 18% · Wind 10%

96 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction6.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU9

  • Farnham Park Health Group
  • Central Surgery
  • Phyllis Tuckwell Mem.Hosp

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Farnham and Bordon:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Badshot Lea · 0.2 km

    Badshot Lea is a village in Surrey, England, close to Aldershot. Badshot Lea has access in either direction to the A31 and A331 and is connected to railway stations in the nearby towns with regular bus services. The v…

  • Badshot Lea Long Barrow · 0.9 km

    Badshot Lea Long Barrow, also known as Farnham Long Barrow, was an unchambered long barrow located near the village of Badshot Lea in the south-eastern English county of Surrey. It was probably constructed in the fou…

  • Brickfields Country Park · 0.9 km

    Brickfields Country Park is a park in Aldershot in Hampshire described as one of the smallest country parks in Britain. The park is owned and maintained by Rushmoor Borough Council.

  • All Hallows Catholic School · 1.0 km

    All Hallows Catholic School is a mixed, voluntary-aided comprehensive secondary school and Sixth Form in Weybourne, Farnham, Surrey, England. It is a Roman Catholic school affiliated to the Portsmouth diocese. The sch…

  • Weybourne LNR · 1.1 km

    Weybourne LNR is a 2.4-hectare (5.9-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Weybourne in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Waverley Borough Council.

  • Aldershot Ice Rink · 1.1 km

    Aldershot Ice Rink was an ice rink venue located in Pool Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, England. It was opened on 24 July 1987 and closed on 15 October 1991.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Badshot Lea?
Badshot Lea is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Rushmoor local authority.
How deprived is Badshot Lea?
The Rushmoor local authority, which includes Badshot Lea, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.