Old Basing

22°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 12° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft2

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke East · 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)

82 food businesses within 2 miles

• 71 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Basingstoke (3.8 km)
• 30 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.1 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Martins Renault (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds7

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 96 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

Alex Brewer

Liberal Democrat

North East Hampshire

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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

30 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Residential End of Lease Cleaners, Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time, Become a Engineering Tutor in Old Basing – Flexible & Remote

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 35% · Solar 31% · Imports 19% · Gas 7%

41 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hampshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s398 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office334 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases324 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test311 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Old Basing · 1.1 km

  Old Basing is a village in the civil parish of Old Basing and Lychpit, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in Hampshire, England, just east of Basingstoke. It was called Basengum in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Ba…

• Battle of Basing · 1.1 km

  The Battle of Basing was a victory of a Viking army over the West Saxons at the royal estate of Basing in Hampshire on about 22 January 871.

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  Siege of Basing House · 1.3 km

  The siege of Basing House near Basingstoke in Hampshire, was a Parliamentarian victory late in the First English Civil War. Whereas the title of the event may suggest a single siege, there were in fact three major eng…

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  Basing House · 1.4 km

  Basing House was a Tudor palace and castle in the village of Old Basing in the English county of Hampshire. It once rivalled Hampton Court Palace in its size and opulence. Today only parts of the basement or lower gro…

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  Andwell · 1.4 km

  Andwell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mapledurwell and Up Nately, in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its former range was divided by the M3 motorway; it is also b…

• Lychpit · 1.4 km

  Lychpit is a modern housing development adjacent to Old Basing near Basingstoke, Hampshire. The modern development started in the early 1980s but the area has an ancient past associated with that of Old Basing.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)