Home › UK › Berkshire England · County Find your town in Berkshire Berkshire has 30 towns of 2,500 or more and 66 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.
30 graded towns
17 grade A− or better
66 villages and smaller places
Reading largest · 203,789
How Berkshire compares: its report card → Berkshire at a glance What Berkshire is like The typical Berkshire town grades highest on jobs & income and schools against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on hazard risk. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The typical town, subject by subject The median Berkshire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
Jobs & income A ahead of 92% Schools A− ahead of 75% Health B+ ahead of 74% Outdoors B+ ahead of 67% Walkability B ahead of 63% Safety B− ahead of 52% Cost of living B− ahead of 49% Hazard risk C− ahead of 25% The finder
Find a town that’s… 30 towns · ordered by Berkshire rank
#1 in Berkshire A+ Town · 8,072 people · #8 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest C+ Hazard risk
#2 in Berkshire A+ Large town · 50,320 people · #12 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest C Hazard risk
#3 in Berkshire A+ Large town · 28,019 people · #14 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA SchoolsLowest B− Hazard risk
#4 in Berkshire A+ Town · 3,158 people · #36 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest D Hazard risk
#5 in Berkshire A+ Town · 2,896 people · #37 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Hazard risk
#6 in Berkshire A+ Town · 8,904 people · #46 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA SchoolsLowest C Hazard risk
#7 in Berkshire A Large town · 20,220 people · #117 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA HealthLowest D Hazard risk
#8 in Berkshire A Town · 7,612 people · #139 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest C Walkability
#9 in Berkshire A Town · 5,417 people · #143 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA− SchoolsLowest B− Walkability
#10 in Berkshire A Town · 15,196 people · #147 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest C Hazard risk
#11 in Berkshire A Town · 5,216 people · #199 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA SchoolsLowest D Hazard risk
#12 in Berkshire A Town · 4,851 people · #216 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA HealthLowest C Walkability
#13 in Berkshire A Large town · 24,003 people · #229 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest C− Hazard risk
#14 in Berkshire A Large town · 33,038 people · #266 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA WalkabilityLowest D− Hazard risk
#15 in Berkshire A− Town · 6,216 people · #350 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− SchoolsLowest C+ Cost of living
#16 in Berkshire A− Town · 3,279 people · #369 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Hazard risk
#17 in Berkshire A− Town · 4,311 people · #501 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA− Jobs & incomeLowest D Walkability
#18 in Berkshire B+ Town · 3,053 people · #604 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityA− Jobs & incomeLowest C− Hazard risk
#19 in Berkshire B+ Town · 2,932 people · #623 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA− HealthLowest C Safety
#20 in Berkshire B+ Large town · 67,391 people · #633 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− WalkabilityLowest D Hazard risk
#21 in Berkshire B Large town · 31,569 people · #847 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Hazard risk
#22 in Berkshire B Town · 7,689 people · #859 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− HealthLowest D− Hazard risk
#23 in Berkshire B Large town · 42,262 people · #861 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB Jobs & incomeLowest D Hazard risk
#24 in Berkshire B Town · 4,807 people · #862 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA− Jobs & incomeLowest D− Hazard risk
#25 in Berkshire B Large town · 25,537 people · #866 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeB+ Cost of livingLowest C− Schools
#26 in Berkshire B Large town · 78,662 people · #892 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Jobs & incomeB+ WalkabilityLowest C Safety
#27 in Berkshire B− City · 203,789 people · #1,058 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA− SchoolsLowest C− Safety
#28 in Berkshire B− Town · 3,141 people · #1,079 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB HealthLowest D− Schools
#29 in Berkshire B− Town · 5,184 people · #1,096 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest C− Schools
#30 in Berkshire C City · 166,868 people · #1,432 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA WalkabilityLowest D Safety
Show all 30 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
Go deeper Berkshire lists Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
All Berkshire rankings → Villages and small towns 66 smaller places in Berkshire Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.
Eton2,461 Cold Ash2,267 Hermitage2,224 Eton Wick2,121 Kintbury2,054 Colnbrook1,898 Newell Green1,871 Compton1,789 Winkfield Row1,756 Poyle1,736 Sonning1,615 Hurley1,317 Upper Basildon1,074 Upper Bucklebury1,036 Hurst1,009 51 places under 1,000 people Photos: 0: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2: Mike McMillan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 3: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 4: Henry Taunt · Public domain · 5: Fluffball · CC BY 3.0 · 6: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 7: Colin Bates · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 8: Simon Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 9: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 10: Rob Neild · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 11: James Emmans · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 12: Alan Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 13: Barry Hunter · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 14: Michael Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 15: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 16: Michael FORD · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 18: Mr Ignavy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 19: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 20: Ronald Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 22: Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 24: HelenK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 28: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 29: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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