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Farnborough

Town

Town in Rushmoor, South East.

Farnborough is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Farnborough add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Median sale price
£370,000
Joint 236th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
60,665
176th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Farnborough compares

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

FarnboroughMiddle
Median sale price209 towns, South East · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South East209 areas from £215,500 to £1,300,000. The middle area is £393,500. Farnborough is £370,000.
£370,000joint 87th cheapest
Population209 towns, South East · 2021
Population: every town in South East209 areas from 7,523 to 277,096. The middle area is 20,220. Farnborough is 60,665.
60,66528th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares209 towns, South East · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South East209 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 36.0%. Farnborough is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage209 towns, South East · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South East209 areas from 64.6% to 99.6%. The middle area is 90.4%. Farnborough is 95.7%.
95.7%joint 36th highest

Is Farnborough safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Farnborough at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.

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

In August 2026 alone, 389 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Farnborough.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,669), other crime (899) and anti-social behaviour (587).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Farnborough was 77.7 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in Farnborough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Farnborough has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in Farnborough

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Rushmoor 001A1,641109.8 per 1,000494.8%
Rushmoor 001B1,65150.7 per 1,000598.5%
Rushmoor 001C1,47785.7 per 1,000396.6%
Rushmoor 001D1,98151.8 per 1,000599.9%
Rushmoor 002A1,61296.4 per 1,0004100.0%
Rushmoor 002B1,26873.3 per 1,000285.4%
Rushmoor 002C1,74383.6 per 1,000399.2%
Rushmoor 002D1,48935.3 per 1,0004100.0%
Rushmoor 002E1,37793.3 per 1,0004100.0%
Rushmoor 003A1,21041.9 per 1,0006100.0%
Rushmoor 003B1,24535.1 per 1,000999.4%
Rushmoor 003C1,42738.7 per 1,0001087.2%
Rushmoor 003D1,73526.6 per 1,000994.7%
Rushmoor 003E1,54036.8 per 1,000899.8%
Rushmoor 004A2,34362.6 per 1,000986.9%
Rushmoor 004B1,53251.4 per 1,0001099.9%
Rushmoor 004C1,568156.6 per 1,000996.8%
Rushmoor 004D1,83738.7 per 1,0001098.4%
Rushmoor 004E1,29020.7 per 1,00010100.0%
Rushmoor 005A1,40823.9 per 1,0001099.1%
Rushmoor 005B1,29575.6 per 1,0001099.6%
Rushmoor 005C1,55269.8 per 1,000799.5%
Rushmoor 005D1,30248.1 per 1,000999.2%
Rushmoor 005E2,47767.5 per 1,000799.9%
Rushmoor 006A1,823174.1 per 1,000399.5%
Rushmoor 006B1,32645.7 per 1,000899.0%
Rushmoor 006C1,920242.6 per 1,000683.2%
Rushmoor 006D1,71085.0 per 1,000797.9%
Rushmoor 006E1,320135.5 per 1,000999.7%
Rushmoor 006F1,36225.4 per 1,0009100.0%
Rushmoor 007A1,885105.5 per 1,000889.6%
Rushmoor 007B1,45423.0 per 1,00010100.0%
Rushmoor 007C2,77684.9 per 1,000989.5%
Rushmoor 007D1,37441.6 per 1,0007100.0%
Rushmoor 007E1,44057.1 per 1,000599.2%
Rushmoor 007F1,23740.5 per 1,000696.8%
Rushmoor 007G1,95438.9 per 1,000691.9%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

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Postcode districts covering Farnborough2

Middle areas in Farnborough7

Towns near Farnborough6

Farnborough in brief

Farnborough is a town in Rushmoor, South East.

About 62,938 people lived in Farnborough in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 896 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Farnborough was £370,000 in 2025.

Farnborough had 60,665 usual residents at the census.

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

In Farnborough, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.