Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,930 in Surrey, South East.
Bagshot grades B+ overall against UK towns: better than 69% of UK towns, and #50 of 65 in Surrey. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A−): mean household income £69,917; 3.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is hazard risk (D): 6% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £420,000 in the last three years, 5.7 times what households in the Surrey Heath council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Bagshot does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Bagshot is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Bagshot’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bagshot.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Bagshot has 9 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*. 11% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connaught Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 470 | B− |
Women here live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.2 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Bagshot | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
For Bagshot, that is above both Surrey’s towns (19.3) and England’s towns (22). Homes see 12.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 344 crimes inside Bagshot’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 107 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
72% of households own their home, close to Surrey’s towns (70%) and above England’s towns (61%). Private renters make up 15% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £610,000 | 55 |
| Semi-detached | £445,000 | 87 |
| Terraced | £357,000 | 69 |
| Flat or maisonette | £252,000 | 61 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 41% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Bagshot sits below both Surrey’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (27%) on this measure. For 25% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
That puts Bagshot below both Surrey’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Bagshot has a median age of 43.1. Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Bagshot | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 37% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Bagshot. Best known first.
Historic houseBagshot Park Mansion500 m outside town, to the north
Historic houseSouth Hill Park4.7 km outside town, to the northwest · 250K visitors a year
Historic houseSunningdale Park4.8 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionGo Ape!3.7 km outside town, to the northwestTheme parkTheme parkLaplandUK4.5 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
9 listed buildings in Bagshot.
The Three Mariners and Cottage to West: Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Men of Bagshot War Memorial: Photo: Mertbiol · CC0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagshot | 5,930 | — | B+ | B | C | B+ |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 1.2 | A | C+ | A | A+ |
| Windlesham | 3,706 | 1.7 | A | C | A | A+ |
| Camberley | 36,787 | 2.4 | A− | B | C+ | B+ |
| West End and Chobham | 8,877 | 2.7 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Ascot | 24,003 | 3.1 | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Bisley | 4,045 | 3.4 | A− | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 3.6 | — | B+ | C | A− |
Deepcut has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Band D council tax in Bagshot is £2,628 for 2026–27, more than in 90% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £420,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £252,000, terraced houses £357,000, semi-detached houses £445,000 and detached houses £610,000. Household incomes are higher than in 88% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades B.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 69% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Police recorded 344 crimes inside Bagshot’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 43% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Town in Surrey, England
Bagshot is a built-up area of 5,930 people, in the Surrey Heath council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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