North Waltham

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 5° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:32

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

• 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

2 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Rural South · Hampshire

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

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)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Micheldever (5.7 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£373,551 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (9.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Southern Communications LTD (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

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)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (North Waltham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

259 applications decided

91.1% granted · 236 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Office Cleaners, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Commercial Cleaners

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 26% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 9%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in RG25

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Basingstoke:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases305 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth262 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND224 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK194 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks176 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  North Waltham · 0.3 km

  North Waltham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire, England. It is located around 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Basingstoke and just 2.7 miles from junction 7 of the M3 mo…

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  Dummer, Hampshire · 2.4 km

  Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Basingstoke and near Junction 7 on the M3 motorway.

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  Steventon, Hampshire · 2.5 km

  Steventon is a village and a civil parish with a population of about 250 in north Hampshire, England. Situated 7 miles south-west of the town of Basingstoke, between the villages of Overton, Oakley and North Waltham,…

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  Popham, Hampshire · 2.7 km

  Popham is a hamlet and civil parish south of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. According to the Post Office the population of the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Dummer. The area was occupied from pre-h…

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  Popham Airfield · 3.5 km

  Popham Airfield is an unlicensed airfield located 4 NM south of Overton in Hampshire, England. It lies alongside the A303 road.

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  Woodmancott · 3.9 km

  Woodmancott is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Micheldever, in the Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Winchester, which lies approximately 9.3 miles (15.0 km) south-…

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