Richmond upon Thames

19°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

233 reported · July 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences67
• Anti-social behaviour61
• Shoplifting27
• Public order19

12 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside · Metropolitan

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

339 reported road collisions (2024)

91 killed or seriously injured · 382 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Twickenham (1.1 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£818,949 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Richmond upon Thames · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,318 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,722
• 2 bed £2,208
• 3 bed £2,666

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

17.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 17.6 times median annual pay (16.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Asda (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.9p · Asda (10.2 km)

53 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: 70 Meadlands Drive (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms11
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches108
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

195,279 residents in Richmond upon Thames · 3,402/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 297 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,486 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 85,800)

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

85 schools · 39,001 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 25 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

60inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Richmond upon Thames

214 CQC-registered services

• Care homes42
• GP practices45
• Dentists80
• Homecare agencies27
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Richmond upon Thames

• In a conservation area (Ham House)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 236 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

419 applications decided

81.6% granted · 342 granted, 77 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• LD 54

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics12
• Pharmacies10
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens77
• Restaurants & cafés134

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,413 jobs advertised · £41,857 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Superflex Roadside Patrol, Superflex Roadside Technician

Source: Adzuna

£1,057 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£51,388 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,778 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 87.2 yrs women · 83.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 70.3 women · 69.3 men

43% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Richmond Park:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU5,366 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership405 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership403 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s381 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats200 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide

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

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  Ham House · 0.2 km

  Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The original house was completed in 1610 by Thomas Vavas…

• Richmond & Kew F.C. · 0.3 km

  Richmond & Kew Football Club is a football club based in Ham, England. They are currently members of the Surrey Premier County Football League.

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  Hammerton's Ferry · 0.4 km

  Hammerton's Ferry is a pedestrian and cycle ferry service across the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England. The ferry links the river's northern bank near Marble Hill House in Twi…

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  Orleans House · 0.4 km

  Orleans House was a Palladian villa built by the architect John James in 1710 near the Thames at Twickenham, England, for the politician and diplomat James Johnston. It was subsequently named after Louis-Phillipe, Duk…

• Ham Polo Club · 0.5 km

  Ham Polo Club is a Hurlingham Polo Association polo club situated in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south-west London, England. It is one of the oldest polo clubs in the United Kingdom and the…

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  Beaufort House · 0.5 km

  Beaufort House is an 18th-century Grade II listed house in Ham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)