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Charter Alley and Ramsdell

Charter Alley and Ramsdell is a town or village in Hampshire, England, with five bus stops, while the nearest railway station is Bramley, 6.7 km away. In June 2026, there were around 2 recorded street crimes, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Charter Alley and Ramsdell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Basingstoke and Deane area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 185,154 residents at roughly 292 people per km².

Council
Basingstoke and Deane
County
Hampshire
Constituency
North East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 62nd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Home affordability43
Affordable rents43
Good schools42
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation77
Employment65
Low council tax89

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

13°CClear

  • Today: 23° / 11° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:28

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Rural West · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Violence Reduction
  • Rural Crime

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 11 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bramley (6.7 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bramley (Hants) (6.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£368,739 average 1.3% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-06

Detached£656,770
Semi-detached£395,112
Terraced£304,394
Flat£186,461

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 142.9p · Shell (7.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · Shell (7.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 125 kW
  • Nearest: ICUEVE900605 (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,503
B £1,754
C £2,005
D £2,255
E £2,756
F £3,258
G £3,759
H £4,510

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Brighton Hill Community SchoolGood
  • CranbourneGood
  • Testbourne Community SchoolGood
  • The Costello SchoolGood
  • The Vyne Community SchoolGood
  • The Blue Coat School BasingstokeRequires improvement
  • Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
  • Everest Community Academy
  • The Clere School
  • The Hurst School

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

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
  • 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

225 applications decided

94.2% granted · 212 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Kit Malthouse

Conservative

North West Hampshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

8,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 24% · Biomass 15% · Nuclear 10%

198 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Hampshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • West Heath, Hampshire · 0.4 km

    West Heath is a hamlet in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence. Its nearest town is Tadley.

  • Charter Alley · 0.5 km

    Charter Alley is a village in north east Hampshire, England. According to the Post Office the majority of the population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence. The village was orig…

  • Ramsdell · 0.6 km

    Ramsdell is a small village in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in the English county of Hampshire. Ramsdell neighbours with Charter Alley only 1/2 mile up…

  • Pamber Priory · 1.6 km

    Pamber Priory is a Church of England parish church and former priory, then known as West Sherborne Priory or Monk Sherborne Priory, at Monk Sherborne in the English county of Hampshire.

  • Monk Sherborne · 1.8 km

    Monk Sherborne is a village in north Hampshire, England.

  • Ewhurst, Hampshire · 2.2 km

    Ewhurst is a village in the civil parish of Baughurst, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in Hampshire, England, and 6.2 miles (10.0 km) northwest of Basingstoke. Its parish church dates from 1682. The village its…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Charter Alley and Ramsdell?
Charter Alley and Ramsdell is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Basingstoke and Deane local authority.
How deprived is Charter Alley and Ramsdell?
The Basingstoke and Deane local authority, which includes Charter Alley and Ramsdell, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.