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Elmbridge

Elmbridge is in Surrey, England, and offers around 22 restaurants & cafés, 2 GPs & clinics, 2 pharmacies, and 1 schools, with 20 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Hersham, 1.1 km away. There were around 95 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 11 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Elmbridge is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 138,754 residents at roughly 1,460 people per km².

66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 37th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime84
Home affordability1
Affordable rents8
Good schools95
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation99
Employment74
Low council tax20

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:28

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

86 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences28
  • Criminal damage & arson12
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Public order9

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Esher & Claygate · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) is a priority across the Borough. ASB can have a significant impact on local communities and include…
  • Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains a key borough-wide priority. Encompassing a broad range of offences and harmful behaviour…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

264 reported road collisions (2025)

72 killed or seriously injured · 327 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

263 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 198 rated 4–5 ★ (151 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hersham (1.1 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hersham (1.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£735,548 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Elmbridge · to 2026-08

Detached£1,566,899
Semi-detached£714,818
Terraced£573,804
Flat£345,639

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,891 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,264
  • 2 bed £1,589
  • 3 bed £1,937

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

15.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 15.7 times median annual pay (15.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,862 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Esso (8.2 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Lidl - Hersham (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches38
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

138,754 residents in Elmbridge · 1,460/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,017
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,513
  • Net moves+504

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 292 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,558 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 60,100)

A £1,705
B £1,989
C £2,274
D £2,558
E £3,126
F £3,695
G £4,263
H £5,116

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

56 schools · 23,537 pupils

28 primary · 5 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 12 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

37 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hinchley Wood SchoolOutstanding
  • Esher Church of England High School
  • Heathside School
  • Heathside Walton-on-Thames
  • Three Rivers Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Elmbridge

Care & health services

1,403 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes393
  • GP practices201
  • Dentists359
  • Homecare agencies299
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 63 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

608 applications decided

84% granted · 511 granted, 97 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Con 9
  • LD 20
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 16

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens26
  • Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,455 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £35,000 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, Technical Support Engineer, IT Technician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£970 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£51,161 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,061 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 86.8 yrs women · 83.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Esher and Walton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • West End, Esher · 0.7 km

    West End is a neighbourhood or locality of Esher, Surrey, England centred 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south-west of the town centre.

  • Wayneflete Tower · 0.9 km

    Wayneflete Tower, also known as Waynflete's Tower, is a historical gatehouse located in Esher, near London. it was originally part of the Palace of Esher, established in 1462 by Bishop William Waynflete of Winchester,…

  • Esher Place · 1.0 km

    Esher Place is a Grade-II listed country house, since 1953 used as a college by the trade union Unite, in Esher, Surrey, United Kingdom. The building is at least the fourth on approximately the same site and mainly da…

  • Hersham railway station · 1.1 km

    Opened on 28 September 1936, Hersham railway station is on the London to Woking line and operated by South Western Railway. The station is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Hersham village centre, adjoined to one side by ho…

  • Moore Place · 1.1 km

    Moore Place was a historic mansion in Surrey, England. It was known as the "gateway to Esher", the town in which it stood. It was demolished in 2010, having stood for around a century.

  • Hundred of Elmbridge · 1.1 km

    The Hundred of Elmbridge or Elmbridge/Emley Hundred was a geographic subdivision in the north of the county of Surrey, England. The majority of its area forms the modern Borough of Elmbridge, with the remainder formin…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)