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Headley (Basingstoke and Deane)

Headley (Basingstoke and Deane) is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Thatcham, 4.9 km away. There were around 2 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 Headley (Basingstoke and Deane) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Basingstoke and Deane area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 185,154 residents at roughly 292 people per km².

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

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 60th of 294 English council areas — better than 80% of them.

Home affordability43
Affordable rents43
Good schools42
Life expectancy79
Low deprivation80
Employment64
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

8°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:35

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Rural West · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Violence Reduction
  • Rural Crime

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

Road safety

276 reported road collisions (2025)

74 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

32 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Thatcham (4.9 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Thatcham (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£373,551 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-08

Detached£662,325
Semi-detached£399,977
Terraced£310,151
Flat£188,380

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,309 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £930
  • 2 bed £1,210
  • 3 bed £1,466

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

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

Property sales

2,390 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: 159.9p · BP (7.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (7.8 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

48 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Sandford Springs Hotel & Golf Club (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches22
  • 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,732
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,356
  • Net moves+376

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

75 inspected 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

1,439 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
  • 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

259 applications decided

91.1% granted · 236 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in RG19

  • Thornford Park
  • Burdwood Surgery
  • Newbury Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Hampshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Headley, Basingstoke and Deane · 0.5 km

    Headley is a village in Hampshire, England. It is close to the county boundary with Berkshire and about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Newbury.

  • Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green · 1.2 km

    Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green is a civil parish within the district of Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1,048.

  • Plastow Green · 1.7 km

    Plastow Green is a hamlet in north Hampshire, England.

  • Brock's Green · 1.9 km

    Brock's Green is a hamlet of seven properties within the Parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton & Bishops Green, district of Basingstoke and Deane in the county of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Newbury, which lies…

  • Ashford Hill with Headley · 2.0 km

    Ashford Hill with Headley is a civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. The parish includes Ashford Hill, Plastow Green, Headley and Kingsclere Woodlands. According to the 2001 census,…

  • North Sydmonton · 2.2 km

    North Sydmonton is a small village in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Newbury, which lies approximately 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north-west from the village.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Headley (Basingstoke and Deane)?
Headley (Basingstoke and Deane) is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Basingstoke and Deane local authority.
How deprived is Headley (Basingstoke and Deane)?
The Basingstoke and Deane local authority, which includes Headley (Basingstoke and Deane), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.