Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:33

13h 6m 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

140 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences48
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Shoplifting17
• Criminal damage & arson13

3 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Old Dean, St Michaels & Watchetts · Surrey

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

191 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 243 casualties · 21.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

341 food businesses within 2 miles

• 261 rated 4–5 ★ (213 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Camberley (1.2 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£461,396 average▲ 6.1% YoY

Across Surrey Heath · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,508 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,040
• 2 bed £1,339
• 3 bed £1,618

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.8 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (2 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

57 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: ABERDEENEV ATRIUM EV 2 (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

90,452 residents in Surrey Heath · 951/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 309 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,585 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 38,650)

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

36 schools · 12,674 pupils

25 primary · 4 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Surrey Heath

1,391 CQC-registered services

• Care homes390
• GP practices202
• Dentists356
• Homecare agencies296
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

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

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

128 applications decided

85.9% granted · 110 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 6
• LD 23
• Grn 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£915 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,840 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,488 certificates

6.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bracknell:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases544 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test355 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  St Tarcisius Church, Camberley · 0.7 km

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  Royal Military Academy Ground · 0.8 km

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  Surrey Heath · 1.1 km

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  Camberley railway station · 1.2 km

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