Basingstoke

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:34

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

335 reported · July 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences131
• Anti-social behaviour47
• Public order42
• Shoplifting29

22 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Centre · Hampshire

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

266 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 362 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

453 food businesses within 2 miles

• 377 rated 4–5 ★ (300 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Basingstoke (0.7 km)
• 64 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£368,739 average▼ 1.3% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,307 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £929
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,463

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Morrisons (1.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (1.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Feathers Yard 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,154 residents in Basingstoke and Deane · 292/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 246 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 81,590)

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

86 schools · 26,122 pupils

58 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 33 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

75inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basingstoke and Deane

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

• In a conservation area (Basingstoke Town)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 56 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

225 applications decided

94.2% granted · 212 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Luke Murphy

Labour

Basingstoke

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 11
• LD 11
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 17

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens50
• Restaurants & cafés73

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,220 jobs advertised · £39,978 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - Andover, Weekend Warehouse Operative - Andover, Care Assistant - Transport Driver

Source: Adzuna

£823 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,000 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 88,518 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

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

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in RG21

• Bramblys Grange Medical Practice
• Crown Heights Medical Centre
• Assura Hants Health Llp

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Basingstoke:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership509 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office390 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s388 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test336 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases301 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Willis Museum · 0.0 km

  The Willis Museum is a local history museum in the Market Place, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. The building, which was formerly known as Basingstoke Town Hall, is a Grade II listed building.

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  St Michael's Church, Basingstoke · 0.3 km

  St. Michael's Church is an Anglican parish church in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. It is located in the lower part of the town, near its centre, towards the northern end of Church Street and is of historical value.…

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  Festival Place · 0.4 km

  Festival Place is a shopping centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England which opened on Tuesday, 22 October 2002. It houses over 200 shops including large stores such as Next, Marks and Spencer, Apple Store and HMV. Th…

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  May's Bounty · 0.4 km

  May's Bounty is a cricket ground situated along Bounty Road in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. The ground is compact and is lined on all sides by trees, with its northern side overlooked by residential housing. The B…

• The Breeze (Basingstoke & North Hampshire) · 0.4 km

  The Breeze Basingstoke & North Hampshire was an Independent Local Radio station serving Basingstoke and the surrounding area of North Hampshire until it was purchased in 2019 by Bauer Radio and became part of Greatest…

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  Basingstoke · 0.5 km

  Basingstoke is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city st…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)