What's the median rent in West Berkshire 016B?

The median monthly rent across West Berkshire 016B is £1,273.

How safe is West Berkshire 016B?

West Berkshire 016B has a safety score of 50/100 out of 100, where higher is safer.

How well-connected is West Berkshire 016B?

Transport score: 54/100. Combines public transit access and walkability.

Which neighbourhood is West Berkshire 016B part of?

West Berkshire 016B sits inside the Thatcham Town neighbourhood, in West Berkshire, South East.

Sub-area · Thatcham Town · West Berkshire · South East

Living in West Berkshire 016B

Part of Thatcham Town · 1,594 residents

West Berkshire 016B is a sub-area in Thatcham Town, West Berkshire that skews under 18 and owner-occupied dominant. Median rent sits at £1,273 a month, up 2.6% on the year, with council tax in band C adding roughly £209/mo. Safety ranks in the top half of UK sub-areas (36th percentile nationally). Gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

Median rent

£1,273+2.6%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Liveability

18/100

Composite score

Safety

50/100

Higher is safer

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Transport

54/100

Transit + walk

Schools

64/100

Ofsted-weighted

Broadband

100%

gigabit-ready

Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 · 2025

Who lives here

Age structure, tenure mix and dwelling type from Census 2021.

Age structure

Under 1825%

18–3420%

35–4921%

50–6421%

65+14%

Population1,594

Tenure & housing type

Owner-occupied59%

Private rent12%

Social rent29%

Flats7%

Terraced41%

Semi-detached42%

Detached9%

Detailed community breakdownHouseholds · ethnicity · religion · country of birth · health · qualifications

Household composition

One person22%Couple with children26%Lone parent14%Other5%

Ethnic mix

Diversity index 13.50

White93%Asian4%Black1%Mixed2%Other0%

Religion (Census 2021, voluntary question)

Christian45%Muslim1%No religion45%Other2%

Country of birth

Born in UK90%

Born outside UK10%

General health (self-reported)

Good84%Fair12%Bad4%

Disability prevalence16%

Education attainment (residents 16+)

Degree or above24%

Apprenticeship7%

No qualifications16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS006 / TS044).

Cost

An all-in monthly cost estimate for West Berkshire 016B comes to about £1,587 — combining rent, council tax (band C), and an EPC-based utility estimate.

Affordability score

51/100· 36th percentile nationally

All-in monthly

£1,587

Rent + council tax + utility estimate

Median rent (any size)£1,273/mo+2.6%

2-bed median rent£1,157/mo

Council tax (estimated)£2,389/yr

Sale price (median)£350,000+0.9%

Price-to-earnings9.1×

Rent / take-home40%

EPC median bandC

Yield (gross BTL)4.0%

Detailed cost breakdownRent by bedroom & property type · sale prices · affordability

Rent by bedroom count

median monthly

1 bed£890/mo

2 bed£1,157/mo+2.8%

3 bed£1,436/mo

4 bed£2,098/mo

Rent by property type

median monthly

Detached£1,917/mo

Semi-detached£1,375/mo

Terraced£1,210/mo

Flat£1,051/mo

Sale price by property type

HPI average price

All properties (HPI avg)£402,630+0.9%

Detached£710,489

Semi-detached£416,542

Terraced£335,312

Flat£210,874-1.3%

Sales (Land Registry, lifetime)13

Lower quartile sale£328,000

Upper quartile sale£385,000

Affordability & running costs

Years to save 10% deposit4.5 yr

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,841/mo

Price / earnings (HPI vs ASHE)10.4×

Council tax — Band D billing£2,116/yr

Council tax — Band D incl. precepts£2,505/yr

Modal council tax bandC

Fuel poverty (LILEE)8.9%

EPC homes rated A/B5%

Source: Rent: ONS PIPR, May 2026. Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

Property

EPC band distribution, council tax band mix and recent supply per 1,000 residents.

EPC median

C band

Modal council tax bandC

Completions / 1,0005.0

Detailed housing breakdownCouncil tax bands · EPC stock · supply pipeline

Council tax band distribution

580 dwellings · VOA CTSOP

Band B9%Band C64%Band D19%Band E9%Band F2%

Modal bandC

Total dwellings580

Band D — billing only£2,116/yr

Band D — incl. all precepts£2,505/yr

Estimated for this local area's mix£2,389/yr

EPC stock

Median EPC bandC

% rated A or B5%

EPC certificates lodged22

Housing supply pipeline

MHCLG, FY 2024-25, council-area level fanned to local area

Completions (annual)330

Starts (annual)540

Completions / 1,000 households5.0

Pipeline ratio (starts / completions)1.64

Source: EPC: MHCLG bulk download. Council tax bands: VOA CTSOP 1.1.

Safety

How crime here compares to the England + Wales average. The raw rate per 1,000 residents per year is shown alongside for reference.

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.

Safety score

50/100· 36th percentile nationally

Total / 1k / yr108.336th percentile nationally

Violent / 1k / yr26.7

Burglary / 1k / yr2.0

ASB / 1k / yr33.3

All crime categories14 categories ranked by local rate

Incidents per 1,000 residents per year

Sorted high → low. Hover any category for what it covers.

Anti-social behaviour

33.3

Violent & sexual offences

26.7

Shoplifting

20.2

Criminal damage & arson

8.5

Vehicle crime

4.6

Other theft

3.3

Drugs

3.3

Public order

2.6

Burglary

2.0

Robbery

2.0

Other crime

0.7

Possession of weapons

0.7

Bicycle theft

0.7

Personal safety (composite)

Personal-safety index per 1k29.4

IMD crime sub-domain (lower = safer)-0.05

Source: Crime: data.police.uk monthly counts, normalised by population. National avg = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

Transport

Distance to the nearest rail station, plus modelled commute time to a major employment centre.

Transport score

54/100· 38th percentile nationally

Nearest rail2.1 km (Thatcham)

Nearest tube/metro—

PT to 5,000+ jobs hub—

Drive to 5,000+ jobs—

Detailed transport breakdownCity commutes · job accessibility · how residents travel to work

Commute time to major cities

public transport, off-peak typical

London

68 min

Bristol

108 min

Cardiff

134 min

Birmingham

143 min

Sheffield

213 min

Manchester

240 min

Liverpool

251 min

Leeds

268 min

Edinburgh

388 min

Glasgow

401 min

Job accessibility from this area

Minutes to reach N jobs by car / public transport

Drive — 100 jobs reachable6 min

PT — 100 jobs reachable4 min

Drive — 500 jobs reachable8 min

PT — 500 jobs reachable12 min

Drive — 5,000 jobs reachable14 min

PT — 5,000 jobs reachable37 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021 mode share

Car58%Public2%Active8%WFH30%

Source: Rail: National Rail / TfL ATCO. Commute: DfT Journey Time Statistics.

Schools

Distribution of Ofsted ratings amongst schools serving this area.

School score

64/100

Outstanding—

Good—

Schools in catchment—

Nearest outstanding5.2 km

Detailed school breakdownFull Ofsted distribution · distances · catchment counts

Ofsted rating distribution

schools whose postcode falls in this local area

Outstanding (count)—

Good (count)—

Requires improvement (count)—

Inadequate (count)—

Schools within walking distance

Schools within 2 km8

Good or outstanding within 2 km4

% within 2 km that are good/outstanding50%

Nearest school228 m

Nearest good or outstanding228 m

Nearest outstanding5.2 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

Jobs

Local jobs density and pay levels. Workplace pay reflects what jobs in this area pay; residence pay reflects what residents earn.

Jobs per resident0.64

Median salary£38,513/yr

Workplace salary£35,806/yr

Claimant count2.4%0.0pp

Detailed jobs & earnings breakdownSector mix · pay percentiles · economic activity · occupations · qualifications

Jobs by sector

% of local jobs (BRES — figure is the same across all neighbourhoods in this council area)

Retail & hospitality

19.9%

Manufacturing

13.0%

Tech & ICT

12.1%

Health & social care

10.8%

Professional & business svcs

8.3%

Education

7.8%

Construction

5.1%

Finance & insurance

0.9%

Total jobs (latest)118,000

Jobs growth — 5 year+1.7%

Jobs growth — year on year0.0%

Net commute flow103,390

Pay percentiles — what residents earn

ASHE residence analysis, gross earnings

Lower quartile (annual)£26,072/yr

Median (annual)£38,513/yr

Mean (annual)£46,287/yr

Upper quartile (annual)£54,897/yr

Median weekly£716/wk

Median hourly£20.20/hr

Pay percentiles — what local jobs pay

ASHE workplace analysis

Lower quartile (annual)£23,950/yr

Median (annual)£35,806/yr

Mean (annual)£41,941/yr

Upper quartile (annual)£53,132/yr

Median weekly£703/wk

Median hourly£18.30/hr

Economic activity (Census 2021)

ILO unemployment 5.2% · 16+ residents

ILO unemployment rate: 5.2% · 69% economically active — Unemployed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking), matching the ONS Labour Force Survey definition. Inactive residents are excluded from the denominator.

Employed65%Unemployed4%Inactive31%

Census 2021 TS066: all residents aged 16+ split into three non-overlapping groups. Inactive covers students, retirees, full-time carers and the long-term sick — together these bars always sum to 100%. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents, giving a figure comparable to the national headline rate.

Working-age population937

DWP claimants (people)2,450

DWP claimant rate2.4%

Claimant YoY change0.0pp

DWP claimant count tracks 16-64 residents on Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. It's narrower than Census "unemployed" (which includes anyone actively job-seeking, claiming or not) but updates monthly so it's the most current local indicator.

Occupation mix

working residents

Professional38%Service22%Manual17%

Qualifications

Census 2021, residents 16+

Degree or above24%

Apprenticeship7%

No qualifications16%

Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings + Business Register and Employment Survey + DWP claimant count.

Connectivity

Share of premises with each broadband tier available, latest Ofcom Connected Nations data.

Gigabit availability

100%

Ultrafast (≥100 Mbit/s)100%

Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)100%

Below USO (<10 Mbit/s)0.0%

Sub-2 Mbit/s0.0%

Broadband + mobile coverage detailGranular speed tiers · 4G / 5G indoor & outdoor

Fixed-line broadband — coverage by tier

Gigabit-capable100%

≥300 Mbit/s available100%

Ultrafast (≥100 Mbit/s)100%

Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)100%

Below USO (<10 Mbit/s)0.0%

Sub-2 Mbit/s premises0.0%

Mobile coverage

Ofcom Connected Nations 2025

4G indoor — any operator100%

4G indoor — all operators87%

5G outdoor — any operator93%

Voice indoor — any operator100%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, postcode-level coverage aggregated to local area.

Environment

Air quality (annual mean concentrations), flood risk, and walkable greenspace.

PM2.5 annual mean—

NO₂ annual mean—

Flood risk zone2

Greenspace within 300m100%

Parks within 1km10.8

Detailed environment breakdownGreenspace access · AHAH composite indices

Greenspace access (ONS, April 2020)

Distance to nearest greenspace145 m

Greenspaces within 1 km10.8

Combined greenspace area38.2 ha

Postcodes within 300 m of a park100%

AHAH — Access to Healthy Assets & Hazards

CDRC national percentile, higher = healthier neighbourhood

Overall AHAH

14 pct

Health services

32 pct

Green & blue space

62 pct

Air quality

34 pct

Retail hazards

40 pct

Source: Air: Defra UK-AIR PCM Background. Flood: Environment Agency. Greenspace: ONS access study (April 2020).

Healthcare

Walking distance to the nearest GP, hospital and dentist.

Nearest GP384 m

Nearest hospital2.0 km

Nearest dentist410 m

Fuel poverty8.9%

Detailed healthcare breakdownGP capacity · counts within walking distance · dental supply

GP supply

GP practices within 1 km2

GP practices within 3 km6

Patients per local GP4,743

Catchment concentration (HHI)7,732

Dental & hospital supply

Dentists within 3 km6

Dental UDA / 1k pop (ICB level)1375

Hospitals within 5 km2

Nearest urgent care2.0 km

Population health context

Self-reported good health84%

Self-reported bad health4%

Disability prevalence16%

IMD health sub-domain-0.34

Source: NHS ODS / CQC Locations + nearest-feature distance from local area centroid.

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What's it like to rent in West Berkshire 016B?

West Berkshire 016B sits inside Thatcham Town, part of the wider West Berkshire council area in South East. Editorial copy will replace this scaffold once the team has reviewed the area in person — until then the data tabs above are the authoritative reference.

Strengths and trade-offs

Read the dimensional ranks above for the canonical view of where this sub-area excels and where it lags. Any qualitative spin should follow from those numbers.

Who is West Berkshire 016B for?

Renters most likely to thrive here are those whose priorities align with the area's strongest scores. The demographics tab gives the clearest read — age profile, tenure mix and household composition are usually the best predictor of who'll feel at home on which streets.

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Frequently asked

What's the median rent in West Berkshire 016B?: The median monthly rent across West Berkshire 016B is £1,273.
How safe is West Berkshire 016B?: West Berkshire 016B has a safety score of 50/100 out of 100, where higher is safer.
How well-connected is West Berkshire 016B?: Transport score: 54/100. Combines public transit access and walkability.
Which neighbourhood is West Berkshire 016B part of?: West Berkshire 016B sits inside the Thatcham Town neighbourhood, in West Berkshire, South East.

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