Reigate and Banstead

9°CClear

• Today: 12° / 8° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:33

9h 38m 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

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

183 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences48
• Anti-social behaviour29
• Shoplifting27
• Public order21

19 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Merstham · Surrey

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

300 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 411 casualties · 19.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

340 food businesses within 2 miles

• 256 rated 4–5 ★ (214 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Reigate (1.5 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£485,856 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,640 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,142
• 2 bed £1,483
• 3 bed £1,818

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,873 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: 152.9p · Esso (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (1.2 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Wray Lane Car Park (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools25
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,846 residents in Reigate and Banstead · 1,168/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,740
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,661
• Net moves+79

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 64,920)

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

61 schools · 23,894 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reigate and Banstead

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

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

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

226 applications decided

90.3% granted · 204 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Paul

Conservative

Reigate

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 16
• LD 4
• Grn 15
• Oth 10

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens303
• Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£919 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,851 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 71,500 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Gas 24% · Imports 17% · Nuclear 7%

119 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

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

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in RH2

• The Wall House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death762 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND299 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children225 local signatures · 9,763 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth221 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks203 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

• 
  Wray Common Mill, Reigate · 0.4 km

  Wray Common Mill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Reigate, Surrey, England which has been converted to residential use.

• St Bede's School · 0.7 km

  Saint Bede's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form in Redhill, Surrey, England. In the most recent Ofsted inspection, the school was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. It now has over 1700 male…

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  Reigate transmitting station · 1.2 km

  Reigate transmitting station is a television and radio transmitting tower in southeastern England. It is located on the North Downs at Reigate Hill about one mile (1.6 km) north of the town of Reigate at junction 8 of…

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  London Defence Positions · 1.2 km

  The London Defence Positions were a late 19th-century scheme of earthwork fortifications in the southeast of England, designed to protect London from foreign invasion landing on the south coast. The positions were a c…

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  Gatton, Surrey · 1.3 km

  Gatton is a former village in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England. It survives as a sparsely populated, predominantly rural locality, which includes Gatton Park, no more than 12 houses, and two farms…

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  Redhill, Surrey · 1.3 km

  Redhill is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead within the county of Surrey, England. The town, which adjoins the town of Reigate to the west, is due south of Croydon in Greater London, and is part of the Lon…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)