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Owlsmoor & College Town

Ward

South Bracknell Forest. About 10,492 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Owlsmoor & College Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,554
Joint 2,208th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Owlsmoor & College Town compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Owlsmoor & College TownMiddle
Population15 wards, Bracknell Forest · 2021
Population: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 5,637 to 10,554. The middle area is 8,858. Owlsmoor & College Town is 10,554.
10,554most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares15 wards, Bracknell Forest · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Owlsmoor & College Town is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage15 wards, Bracknell Forest · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 91.7% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.9%. Owlsmoor & College Town is 91.7%.
91.7%lowest
Claimant rate15 wards, Bracknell Forest · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 1.2% to 4.7%. The middle area is 2.0%. Owlsmoor & College Town is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 5th lowest

Is Owlsmoor & College Town safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Owlsmoor & College Town at a rate of 38.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 65.0 per 1,000 people across Bracknell Forest.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Owlsmoor & College Town.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (145), anti-social behaviour (69) and other crime (67).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Bracknell Forest

These figures are published for the whole of Bracknell Forest, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bracknell Forest and not Owlsmoor & College Town alone. See Bracknell Forest

Average house price
£391,521
Down 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,206
84th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.1×
Joint 84th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.1
Joint 26th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Owlsmoor & College Town in brief

Owlsmoor & College Town had 10,554 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Owlsmoor & College Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Owlsmoor & College Town, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Owlsmoor & College Town, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.