GU47
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sandhurst, Owlsmoor and College Town, in Bracknell Forest.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an GU47 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in GU47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How GU47 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is GU47 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in GU47 at a rate of 35.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.7 per 1,000 people across the GU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in GU47.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (270), other crime (140) and anti-social behaviour (131).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in GU47 was 44.7 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 GU47, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GU47 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 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 GU47
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Forest 012C | 1,133 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Bracknell Forest 013B | 1,106 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.2% |
| Bracknell Forest 013C | 1,237 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Bracknell Forest 013D | 1,522 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| Bracknell Forest 013E | 1,143 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| Bracknell Forest 014A | 1,381 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.9% |
| Bracknell Forest 014B | 1,243 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 014C | 1,189 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 014D | 1,332 | 27.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Bracknell Forest 014E | 1,794 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Bracknell Forest 015A | 1,269 | 16.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 015C | 1,417 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 015D | 1,165 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Bracknell Forest 015E | 1,165 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Peter SwallowLabourMP for Bracknell
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in GU473
Postcode sectors in GU474
Council1
Towns in GU471
Postcode districts next to GU475
Nearest rail stations4
More in the GU postcode area2
GU47 in brief
GU47 is a postcode district covering Sandhurst, Owlsmoor and College Town, in Bracknell Forest.
About 18,837 people lived in GU47 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £445,000 in 2025 across 264 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 35.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in GU47 was £445,000 in 2025.
GU47 had 19,084 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in GU47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GU47, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.