— ACRERIGHT AREA REPORT · STREET

Home › West Berkshire › Beechcroft · street

Beechcroft

⇄⌂

20 recorded sales · median £247,300 · West Berkshire

↑ West Berkshire (district)

West Berkshire Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 28/43 seats · 65% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

73/100

Good

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£247k

median price

6.6

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£247k

median sold price

9.6 yrs

of local pay to buy

35 min

London — fastest

rail stations mapped

grammar school

schools total

6.6

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

382

Violence — most

6.7

NO₂ · WHO 10

0.6%

in a flood zone

175

green spaces

6.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

348

eat & drink

107

shops

80.2%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£85,000 in 1998 → £350,000 in 2021

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider West Berkshire, clearly labelled.

What's happening here

Loading local news…

Local voices

Loading local notes…

Display name optional · moderated before anything shows · read all local notes

All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-09-15

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)

Crime2026-07

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

Keep exploring

Could Beechcroft be a good investment? Yields & returns →

Follow Beechcroft — a note when its data refreshes

One short email when this area’s prices, crime and schools figures update. No accounts, no spam, one-click unsubscribe. Privacy.

What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £247,300. That's about 9.6× local earnings — around the 9.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2021 · 3 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 20 sales£247,300

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.6× · five-year average 9.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from West Berkshire22.5%

Of the homes across West Berkshire that sold again within five years, 22.5% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than South East (17.4%).

By property type

Detached houses0%

Semi-detached houses4.4%

Terraced houses3.1%

Flats25.7%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new32.5%

Bought second-hand18.2%

Overall

Typical resale gain+9.5% · ~7.2-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (1,068 resale pairs) across West Berkshire — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership68%

Owned outright

35%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

17%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,407

Your band:

West Berkshire Council£2,017

Police & Crime Commissioner£298

Fire & Rescue£91

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,605

Band B£1,872

Band C£2,139

Band D (baseline)£2,407

Band E£2,942

Band F£3,477

Band G£4,012

Band H£4,814

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in West Berkshire how Beechcroft compares · from West Berkshire

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Speenhamland +33.2%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Speenhamland	£330,000	+33.2%	136
Pangbourne	£492,500	+29%	100
Fords Farm	£367,000	+27.3%	92
Shaw	£361,000	+27.2%	178
Theale	£354,000	+26%	96
Garston Park	£407,500	+23.5%	108
Wash Common	£472,500	+21.3%	120
Thatcham	£340,000	+19%	580
Speen	£447,500	+18.7%	84
Purley on Thames	£455,000	+18.2%	160
Lambourn	£320,000	+14%	98
East Fields	£320,000	+13.8%	186
West Fields	£400,000	+13.2%	260
Burghfield Common	£490,000	+11.1%	118
Calcot	£332,500	+9.6%	86
Henwick	£360,000	+8.9%	176
Greenham	£375,000	+0.7%	206
Hungerford	£386,250	+0.6%	128
Little Heath	£445,000	-1.6%	66
Newbury	£215,000	-23.7%	230

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Beechcroft — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
23 Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£425,000	Dec 2024
Beechcroft Springwood Lane Burghfield Common	Detached	—	—	£690,000	Jun 2022
34A BEECHCROFT HAMPSTEAD NORREYS THATCHAM	Semi-detached	—	—	£402,500	Oct 2021
24 BEECHCROFT HAMPSTEAD NORREYS THATCHAM	Semi-detached	—	—	£350,000	Jul 2021
21 BEECHCROFT HAMPSTEAD NORREYS	Semi-detached	—	—	£319,000	Mar 2021
35, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£365,000	Nov 2020
29, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£285,300	Aug 2016
Beechcroft Mill Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£265,000	Jul 2015
15, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£272,000	Dec 2014
23 Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£247,600	Nov 2014
Beechcroft Mill Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£183,500	Oct 2014
34A BEECHCROFT HAMPSTEAD NORREYS THATCHAM	Semi-detached	—	—	£279,950	Dec 2011
35, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£247,000	Jul 2011
15, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Detached	—	—	£215,000	Oct 2009
35, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£223,000	Oct 2007
35, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£265,000	Jul 2006
24 BEECHCROFT HAMPSTEAD NORREYS THATCHAM	Semi-detached	—	—	£167,500	Mar 2003
37, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Terraced	—	—	£161,250	Dec 2001
24 BEECHCROFT HAMPSTEAD NORREYS THATCHAM	Semi-detached	—	—	£84,000	Sep 1998
35, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£88,000	Aug 1998
15, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Detached	—	—	£85,000	Apr 1998
29, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Semi-detached	—	—	£71,950	Apr 1997
37, Beechcroft Hampstead Norreys	Terraced	—	—	£70,000	Mar 1996

Show all sales ↓

23 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from West Berkshire

Crime runs at 6.6 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month6.6

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from West Berkshire

Violence & sexual offences

382

Shoplifting

163

Anti-social behaviour

158

Public order

102

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Recorded crimes by category across the whole West Berkshire district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from West Berkshire

Population161,448

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 7/10

12345678910

WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 8 in 2019 — has worsened since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

7.3/10

Employment

7.7/10

Education & skills

6.8/10

Health & disability

8.1/10

Crime

7.4/10

Housing & services

4.9/10

Living environment

6.4/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider West Berkshire — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+63%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.7%

Degree-level (Level 4+)37%

Good or very good health86%

Own their home68%

Median age43.4

Born outside the UK12%

See the full West Berkshire report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 1 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

1 of 1 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 1 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 19 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	0.6 km
Yattendon C.E. Primary School	Primary	—	2.7 km
Hermitage Pre School Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.1 km
Hermitage Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.4 km
Harriet House Montessori School	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.5 km
Compton C.E. Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	3.8 km
The Downs School	Secondary	Inspected '24 — see report	3.9 km
Compton Pre-School	Nursery	—	3.9 km
Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools	All-through	—	4.2 km
Acres of Fun Limited	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	4.5 km
Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	4.9 km
Downe House	Secondary	—	5.7 km
Quackers Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	6.1 km
Cold Ash Pre School	Nursery	Good ('25)	6.2 km
Curridge Primary School	Primary	—	6.3 km
The Ilsleys Primary School	Primary	—	6.4 km
Streatley C.E. Voluntary Controlled School	Primary	—	6.9 km
Streatley Hill Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	6.9 km
Bradfield C.E. Primary School	Primary	—	8.0 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	81.9 yrs
Life expectancy — women	84.8 yrs
Smoking	8%
Adults overweight or obese	58.7%

OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)

nearest GP surgery · nearest 5.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentist · nearest 4.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacy · nearest 5.9 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Hermitage Dental Centre	Dentist	—	4.7 km
The Downland Practice	GP	Good ('16)	5.9 km
Downland Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from West Berkshire

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 43 min from Thatcham.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Thatcham	6.1 mi	London Paddington	43 min
Pangbourne	6.1 mi	London Paddington	46 min
Midgham	6.3 mi	London Paddington	51 min
Newbury Racecourse	6.6 mi	London Paddington	60 min
Aldermaston	6.8 mi	London Paddington	48 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Thatcham (43 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

47%

Work from home

41%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging26 points

Per 10,000 residents1.6

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from West Berkshire

Air quality

NO₂

6.7

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.3%

Flood zone0.6% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 3–5%)

Historic landfill50 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings1,904

Conservation areas51

Green belt0%

Green spaces175

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from West Berkshire

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	348	94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	107	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	35	—
Green spaces & parks	175	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

80.2%

Superfast

96.7%

Ultrafast

81.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from West Berkshire

Figures for the wider West Berkshire — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate3.7%

In work (employment rate)63%

Companies registered here25,751

New incorporations (12m)2,276

Property companies (SPVs)2,435

See the full West Berkshire report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district