Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Basingstoke and Deane

22 neighbourhoods · 115 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
2.1× safer
2.1× safer than nat. · 48.3 / 1k / yr · #64 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
82 min
#189 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.46
#118 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,324/mo
+5.6% YoY · #224 of 314 cities
Council tax
£189/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Basingstoke and Deane

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

22 neighbourhoods · 115 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Houndmills & Oakridge£1,100+5.6%7624
Popley£1,124+5.6%8062
Kings Furlong£1,144+5.6%8245
Brighton Hill£1,154+5.6%5371
South Ham & West Ham£1,155+5.6%3816
Viables£1,161+5.6%8290
Basingstoke Central, Black Dam & Eastrop£1,167+5.6%8568
Tadley West£1,241+5.6%3382
Winklebury & Rooksdown£1,246+5.6%4555
Chineham£1,259+5.6%9394
Buckskin & Worting£1,267+5.6%3255
Daneshill & Little Basing£1,279+5.6%7265
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth£1,380+5.6%7094
Overton & North Waltham£1,404+5.6%3481
Hatch Warren£1,432+5.6%5091
Kingsclere & Heath End£1,457+5.6%2087
Tadley East, Pamber & Silchester£1,470+5.6%3796
Kempshott£1,485+5.6%4598
East Oakley£1,489+5.6%3194
Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes£1,501+5.6%4887
Old Basing & the Candovers£1,604+5.6%3989
Woolton Hill, Burghclere & Bishops Green£1,865+5.6%588

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Basingstoke and Deane

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Basingstoke and Deane. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Houndmills & Oakridge£1,100/mo
  2. 2.Popley£1,124/mo
  3. 3.Kings Furlong£1,144/mo
  4. 4.Brighton Hill£1,154/mo
  5. 5.South Ham & West Ham£1,155/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Chineham93/100
  2. 2.Basingstoke Central, Black Dam & Eastrop85/100
  3. 3.Viables82/100
  4. 4.Kings Furlong82/100
  5. 5.Popley80/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Basingstoke and Deane.

Avg rent
£1,324/mo
#224 of 314 cities
Sale price
£369,225
+2.1% YoY
Yrs to deposit
4.8 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£941/mo
2 bed£1,225/mo
3 bed£1,481/mo
4 bed£2,095/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£655,526
Semi-detached£394,520
Terraced£304,558
Flat£186,978
Affordability
Price-to-earnings9.6×
Rent / take-home40%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,267/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,973/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Basingstoke and Deane

Crime in Basingstoke and Deane runs at 2.1× safer than the national average. Top quartile (#64 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 48.3, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
48.3
#64 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
23.5
Anti-social behaviour
5.5
Criminal damage & arson
4.2
Public order
4.1
Shoplifting
3.3
Other theft
2.7
Burglary
2.3
Vehicle crime
1.4
Other crime
1.4
Possession of weapons
1.2
Drugs
1.2
Robbery
0.9
Bicycle theft
0.8
Theft from the person
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Basingstoke and Deane
by safety score (higher = safer)
Kempshott98/100
Tadley East, Pamber & Silchester96/100
East Oakley94/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Basingstoke and Deane

100% of schools serving Basingstoke and Deane are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
42%
#74 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Basingstoke and Deane
by school score
Daneshill & Little Basing99/100
Chineham98/100
Basingstoke Central, Black Dam & Eastrop98/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Basingstoke and Deane

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

To London
82 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
131 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
151 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
82 min
Bristol
131 min
Birmingham
151 min
Cardiff
155 min
Sheffield
221 min
Manchester
258 min
Liverpool
270 min
Leeds
278 min
Edinburgh
392 min
Glasgow
419 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car47%Public3%Active7%WFH41%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Basingstoke and Deane
by transport score
Kings Furlong90/100
Houndmills & Oakridge90/100
Basingstoke Central, Black Dam & Eastrop81/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Basingstoke and Deane

Basingstoke and Deane has 0.46 jobs per resident locally. Above median

Jobs per resident
0.46
#118 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-3.1%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs7 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs13 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs13 min
PT — 5,000 jobs25 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
23.6%
Health & social care
14.1%
Professional & business svcs
8.1%
Tech & ICT
7.7%
Education
5.9%
Construction
5.6%
Manufacturing
5.3%
Finance & insurance
2.9%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Basingstoke and Deane

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Basingstoke and Deane?
The median monthly rent across Basingstoke and Deane is £1,324, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Basingstoke and Deane?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Basingstoke and Deane by estimated median rent is Houndmills & Oakridge at approximately £1,100/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Basingstoke and Deane?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Basingstoke and Deane is Chineham at 93/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Basingstoke and Deane a safe area?
Basingstoke and Deane has an average safety score of 69/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Basingstoke and Deane?
The most common council tax band in Basingstoke and Deane is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £182. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Basingstoke and Deane.
What is the average salary in Basingstoke and Deane?
The median annual resident salary in Basingstoke and Deane is £39,279, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Basingstoke and Deane, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Basingstoke and Deane?
The average property price in Basingstoke and Deane is approximately £368,598 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Basingstoke and Deane?
Gross rental yield in Basingstoke and Deane is approximately 3.9% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Basingstoke and Deane?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 4.8 years in Basingstoke and Deane. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Basingstoke and Deane?
100% of premises in Basingstoke and Deane are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Basingstoke and Deane?
2.8% of 16-64 residents in Basingstoke and Deane are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Basingstoke and Deane?
Basingstoke and Deane contains 22 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 115 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Basingstoke and Deane

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

Showing 80 of 115 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.