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Mole Valley

Mole Valley is a local area in the county of Surrey, England, featuring around 2 GPs & clinics, 5 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 24 restaurants and cafés, plus 11 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Dorking Deepdene, located 2 km away. There were around 72 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 24 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Mole Valley is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 87,386 residents at roughly 338 people per km².

71/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 16th of 294 English council areas — better than 95% of them.

Low crime81
Home affordability14
Affordable rents46
Good schools95
Life expectancy92
Low deprivation93
Employment96
Low council tax27

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · 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

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

64 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences23
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Public order7
  • Other theft4

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

Road safety

247 reported road collisions (2025)

75 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 28.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

143 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 134 rated 4–5 ★ (128 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Dorking Deepdene (2.0 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dorking Deepdene (2.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£552,344 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Mole Valley · to 2026-08

Detached£985,240
Semi-detached£561,344
Terraced£450,761
Flat£284,513

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,551 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,139
  • 2 bed £1,455
  • 3 bed £1,856

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

Affordability

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,055 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: 152.9p · Esso (8.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (8.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Holmesdale Road (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools18
  • Sports pitches16
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Mole Valley Council

Population

87,386 residents in Mole Valley · 338/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,651
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,033
  • Net moves+618

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 277 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (21% of 39,780)

A £1,680
B £1,960
C £2,240
D £2,520
E £3,080
F £3,640
G £4,200
H £5,040

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

Schools

41 schools · 13,953 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 10 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Andrew's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • The Ashcombe School
  • The Priory Church of England School
  • Therfield School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mole Valley

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
  • 133 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

208 applications decided

77.4% granted · 161 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 2
  • LD 31
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens32
  • Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,710 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£837 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,280 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,901 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.1
  • Feeling worthwhile8.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dorking and Horley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Glory Wood and Devil's Den · 0.4 km

    Glory Wood and Devil's Den is a 13-hectare (32-acre) nature reserve south-east of Dorking in Surrey. It is owned by Mole Valley District Council, and was managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust until 1 April 2019. There…

  • Deepdene Terrace · 0.7 km

    Deepdene Terrace is a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) nature reserve south-east of Dorking in Surrey. It is owned by Mole Valley District Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Goodwyns · 0.8 km

    Goodwyns is a housing estate in Dorking, a market town in Surrey, England. It is on the return slope of one of two hillsides of the town and adjoins North Holmwood, a green-buffered village. The town centre is about 1…

  • Deepdene House and Gardens · 1.0 km

    Deepdene was an estate and country house occupying land to the southeast of Dorking, Surrey, England. The remains of the gardens are Grade II* listed with the adjoining Chart Park on the Register of Historic Parks and…

  • North Holmwood · 1.2 km

    North Holmwood is a residential area on the outskirts of Dorking, in Surrey, England. The village is accessible from the A24, the village's historic heart is the road Spook Hill. The 2011 census for the broader area H…

  • Inholms Clay Pit · 1.3 km

    Inholms Clay Pit is a 8.4-hectare (21-acre) Local Nature Reserve south of Dorking in Surrey. It is owned by Mole Valley District Council and from 2009 - 2019 was managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust and since then by Mole…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)