Merton

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 8.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

365 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences117
• Vehicle crime71
• Anti-social behaviour57
• Shoplifting26

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

421 reported road collisions (2025)

80 killed or seriously injured · 488 casualties · 19.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 423 rated 4–5 ★ (353 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Morden (0.5 km)
• 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£623,791 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Merton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,172 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,639
• 2 bed £2,024
• 3 bed £2,407

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

14.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.2 times median annual pay (13.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,976 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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: 87 Poplar Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms11
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches66
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

215,186 residents in Merton · 5,722/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 68%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,491
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK23,523
• Net moves−3,032

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 207 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,147 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (32% of 87,810)

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

75 schools · 32,167 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Merton

205 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices36
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Merton

• Not in the Green Belt
• 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

286 applications decided

93.4% granted · 267 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Paul Kohler

Liberal Democrat

Wimbledon

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 32
• Con 4
• LD 19
• Oth 2

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

• Schools22
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens88
• Restaurants & cafés113

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

158 jobs advertised · £38,507 avg

e.g. Property Reset Cleaners, IT Technician, Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£994 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£37,982 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 102,125 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 5%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 62.4 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

20 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in SW19

• Francis Grove Surgery
• Wimbledon Village Surgery
• Wimbledon Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wimbledon:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU988 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks262 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND208 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after184 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases158 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Morden Road tram stop · 0.4 km

  Morden Road is a Tramlink stop in the London Borough of Merton. It is on the site of the former Morden Road railway station on the Wimbledon-West Croydon line, which closed to rail traffic in 1997. The tram stop consi…

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  Morden Road railway station · 0.4 km

  Morden Road railway station was a station in Merton, on the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line.

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  Merton, London · 0.5 km

  Merton is an area in the London Borough of Merton. Merton was an ancient parish historically in Surrey, the area of which has since 1965 been part of Greater London. The parish was centred on the 12th-century parish c…

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  Merton Park · 0.5 km

  Merton Park is an area in London Borough of Merton. Bordering areas are Colliers Wood, Morden, South Wimbledon and Raynes Park. It is 7.25 miles (11.67 km) southwest of Charing Cross. It lies 2.8 miles (4.5 km) east o…

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  Morden tube station · 0.5 km

  Morden is a London Underground station in Morden in the London Borough of Merton. It is the southern terminus on its branch of the Northern line, and is the most southerly station on the network. It is located on Lond…

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  Merton Park Green Walks · 0.6 km

  Merton Park Green Walks is a linear walk along the line of a former railway line between Merton Park tram stop and Morden Road in Merton Park in the London Borough of Merton. It is a 1.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)