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Reigate and Banstead

Reigate and Banstead is a town or village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has around 1 schools, 3 GPs & clinics, 2 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 27 restaurants & cafés, with 16 bus stops and Reigate railway station 1.5 km away. There were around 180 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 16 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Reigate and Banstead is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 150,846 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².

63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 54th of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability17
Affordable rents20
Good schools85
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation87
Employment86
Low council tax18

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

21°CCloudy

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Lavender Hill (Clapham Jct), United Kingdom

Crime

212 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences67
  • Anti-social behaviour34
  • Shoplifting34
  • Public order28

23 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Merstham · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime. This has a significant impact on both businesses and consumers. Retail workers often find themselves in harms’ way and subj…
  • Theft From Motor Vehicles. In recent months there has been an increase in thefts from motor vehicles. Reports made to Police confirm sigh…

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

Road safety

292 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

340 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 256 rated 4–5 ★ (215 top)
  • 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Reigate (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£480,481 average 0.4% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-06

Detached£916,670
Semi-detached£538,541
Terraced£427,920
Flat£267,826

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,637 average monthly rent 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,140
  • 2 bed £1,480
  • 3 bed £1,815

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (1.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (1.2 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,711
B £1,996
C £2,281
D £2,567
E £3,137
F £3,707
G £4,278
H £5,133

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

Schools

61 schools · 23,894 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 20 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Carrington SchoolGood
  • Merstham Park SchoolGood
  • Reigate SchoolGood
  • The Beacon SchoolRequires improvement
  • Oakwood School
  • St Bede's School

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

Care & health services

1,391 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes390
  • GP practices202
  • Dentists356
  • Homecare agencies296
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

198 applications decided

88.4% granted · 175 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rebecca Paul

Conservative

Reigate

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Con 16
  • LD 4
  • Grn 15
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Imports 24% · Gas 13% · Nuclear 7%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in RH2

  • The Wall House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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)