Merton

21°CLight drizzle

• Today: 24° / 14° · 44% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Putney High Street, United Kingdom

315 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences87
• Anti-social behaviour76
• Public order30
• Vehicle crime29

35 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Merton Park · Metropolitan

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

399 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 451 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 418 rated 4–5 ★ (348 top)
• 8 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

£612,681 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Merton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,153 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,624
• 2 bed £2,006
• 3 bed £2,385

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

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

58 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 214 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Merton

207 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices36
• Dentists52
• 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)

221 applications decided

91% granted · 201 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 & cafés114

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

185 jobs advertised · £35,429 avg

e.g. End of Tenancy House Cleaners, Handyman Wanted. Make Your Own Schedule., Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£994 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% 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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Gas 14% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 10%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 EU747 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership409 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s332 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership271 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office183 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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 (parish) · 0.5 km

  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 church of St Mary in Merton Park. In 1907 the parish…

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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)