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Farnborough

Farnborough is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 60,652. It has 1 pharmacy and around 4 restaurants and cafés, along with 1 bus stop and Fleet railway station 2.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £375,623, and there were around 229 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 Farnborough area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hart area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 99,408 residents at roughly 462 people per km².

Council
Hart
County
Hampshire
Constituency
North East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire
72/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 15th of 294 English council areas — better than 95% of them.

Home affordability8
Affordable rents19
Good schools95
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation100
Employment98
Low council tax61

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

10°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:35

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

208 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences66
  • Anti-social behaviour31
  • Shoplifting31
  • Public order23

11 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Farnborough · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Hate Crime

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

Road safety

140 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 198 casualties · 14.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

423 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 342 rated 4–5 ★ (280 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Farnborough (Main) (0.3 km)
  • 53 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Farnborough Main (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£472,755 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Hart · to 2026-08

Detached£777,587
Semi-detached£471,690
Terraced£378,519
Flat£236,217

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,414 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,023
  • 2 bed £1,303
  • 3 bed £1,581

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

12.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.7 times median annual pay (12.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,420 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.9 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

51 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Queensmead Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms4
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches29
  • Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

99,408 residents in Hart · 462/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,561
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,107
  • Net moves+454

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 296 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,400 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 43,030)

A £1,600
B £1,867
C £2,133
D £2,400
E £2,933
F £3,467
G £4,000
H £4,800

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

Schools

41 schools · 15,835 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 11 of 11 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Calthorpe Park School
  • Court Moor School
  • Frogmore Community College
  • Robert May's School
  • Yateley School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hart

Care & health services

1,439 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes483
  • GP practices166
  • Dentists324
  • Homecare agencies359
  • Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

184 applications decided

86.4% granted · 159 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Alex Baker

Labour

Aldershot

Recent votes:

  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Con 8
  • LD 13
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

505 jobs advertised · £48,540 avg

e.g. Security Delivery Lead, Security Engineering Lead, Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£928 median full-time weekly pay

1.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,968 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 43,089 certificates

7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

31% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Wind 16% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 5%

266 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 83.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

14 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in GU14

  • Giffard Drive Surgery
  • Voyager Family Health
  • Alexander House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldershot:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • The Tumbledown Dick · 0.2 km

    The Tumbledown Dick was a former public house in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, that operated from the 16th century until the early 21st century. The name of the pub originated as the satirical nickname given to Ric…

  • Farnborough (Main) railway station · 0.3 km

    Farnborough (Main) railway station is a stop on the South West Main Line and serves the town of Farnborough, in Hampshire, England. The station is operated by South Western Railway, along with all trains serving it.

  • Echo (radio station) · 0.4 km

    FCOT FM and previously as FCT-FM, Echo FM and Passion is a community radio station broadcast for four weeks each year from two studios at Farnborough College of Technology. The station's management, presentation and p…

  • Catholic National Library · 0.5 km

    The Catholic National Library is a large Roman Catholic library previously located at St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire, founded in 1912. In 2015 it was relocated to Durham University Library. It is known f…

  • St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough · 0.5 km

    Saint Michael's Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, which belongs to the English Province of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation. The small community is known for its liturgy, its pipe orga…

  • Farnborough, Hampshire · 0.6 km

    Farnborough is a town located in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England. It has a population of around 60,652 as of the 2021 census and is an important centre of aviation, engineering and technology. The town is…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Farnborough?
Farnborough is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Hart local authority.
What is the population of Farnborough?
Farnborough has an approximate settlement population of 60,652.
How deprived is Farnborough?
The Hart local authority, which includes Farnborough, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.