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Badshot Lea

Badshot Lea is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 2,500. There are around 7 restaurants and cafés, 1 pharmacy, 16 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Aldershot, 1.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 91 recorded street crimes, 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 Badshot Lea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Waverley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 128,227 residents at roughly 372 people per km².

Council
Waverley
County
Surrey
Constituency
South West Surrey
Police force
Surrey
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 44th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability6
Affordable rents28
Good schools51
Life expectancy95
Low deprivation98
Employment94
Low council tax10

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 30% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:32

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

104 reported · August 2026▲ 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences51
  • Other theft12
  • Shoplifting10
  • Criminal damage & arson8

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Weybourne, Badshot Lea & Moor Park · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Waverley has been identified as a force hotspot for Fraud and Rogue offender offences. Statistically it is more likely a person aged 70 a…
  • Increased reports of Anti-social behaviour in Tices Meadow.

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

Road safety

198 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

417 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 336 rated 4–5 ★ (261 top)
  • 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aldershot (1.9 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aldershot (1.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£559,306 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-08

Detached£936,989
Semi-detached£547,389
Terraced£428,533
Flat£277,139

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,459 average monthly rent▼ 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,057
  • 2 bed £1,354
  • 3 bed £1,634

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

Affordability

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,832 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: 168.9p · Asda (1.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (7.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: West Way Nissan Aldershot (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools12
  • Sports pitches52
  • Playgrounds25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

128,227 residents in Waverley · 372/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,970
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,546
  • Net moves+2,424

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,605 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 57,540)

A £1,737
B £2,026
C £2,315
D £2,605
E £3,184
F £3,763
G £4,341
H £5,210

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

Schools

74 schools · 24,524 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Broadwater SchoolGood
  • Farnham Heath EndGood
  • Glebelands SchoolGood
  • Weydon SchoolGood
  • All Hallows Catholic School
  • Rodborough
  • Woolmer Hill School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waverley

Care & health services

1,403 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes393
  • GP practices201
  • Dentists359
  • Homecare agencies299
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

328 applications decided

88.7% granted · 291 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Gregory Stafford

Conservative

Farnham and Bordon

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Con 10
  • LD 24
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 14

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens26
  • Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £39,725 avg

e.g. Project Engineer, Branch Administrator, Social Care Worker

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,616 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,504 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 24% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

225 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU9

  • Farnham Park Health Group
  • Central Surgery
  • Phyllis Tuckwell Mem.Hosp

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Farnham and Bordon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Badshot Lea · 0.3 km

    Badshot Lea is a village in Surrey, England, close to Aldershot. Badshot Lea has access in either direction to the A31 and A331 and is connected to railway stations in the nearby towns with regular bus services. The v…

  • Badshot Lea Long Barrow · 0.6 km

    Badshot Lea Long Barrow, also known as Farnham Long Barrow, was an unchambered long barrow located near the village of Badshot Lea in the south-eastern English county of Surrey. It was probably constructed in the fou…

  • Weybourne LNR · 0.9 km

    Weybourne LNR is a 2.4-hectare (5.9-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Weybourne in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Waverley Borough Council.

  • All Hallows Catholic School · 1.0 km

    All Hallows Catholic School is a mixed, voluntary-aided comprehensive secondary school and Sixth Form in Weybourne, Farnham, Surrey, England. It is a Roman Catholic school affiliated to the Portsmouth diocese. The sch…

  • Brickfields Country Park · 1.1 km

    Brickfields Country Park is a park in Aldershot in Hampshire described as one of the smallest country parks in Britain. The park is owned and maintained by Rushmoor Borough Council.

  • Weybourne, Surrey · 1.1 km

    Weybourne is a small village in Surrey, England. It lies on the outskirts of Farnham in Surrey, and borders Aldershot in Hampshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Badshot Lea?
Badshot Lea is a town in Surrey, England, in the Waverley local authority.
How deprived is Badshot Lea?
The Waverley local authority, which includes Badshot Lea, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.