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Spelthorne

Spelthorne is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 100,000. It features around 3 GPs & clinics, 6 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, and 22 restaurants & cafés, along with 14 bus stops and Ashford railway station 1.5 km away. There were around 138 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 12 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Spelthorne is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 102,955 residents at roughly 2,294 people per km².

43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 196th of 294 English council areas — better than 33% of them.

Low crime44
Home affordability10
Affordable rents11
Good schools58
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation63
Employment41
Low council tax26

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

19°CSunny

  • Today: 20° / 11° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:30

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

Crime

148 reported · July 2026 1% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences48
  • Shoplifting33
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Public order15

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shepperton & Laleham · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • ASB affecting local pubs
  • Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) From our public engagements with the community, it’s been identified that it is early hours of th…

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

Road safety

197 reported road collisions (2024)

47 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 19.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

347 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 280 rated 4–5 ★ (221 top)
  • 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ashford (1.5 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ashford Surrey (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£429,916 average 4.7% YoY

Across Spelthorne · to 2026-06

Detached£777,762
Semi-detached£522,630
Terraced£417,015
Flat£265,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,661 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,206
  • 2 bed £1,549
  • 3 bed £1,801

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

Affordability

12.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.2 times median annual pay (12.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (11.1 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Fordbridge Road (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches38
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,955 residents in Spelthorne · 2,294/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 201 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,526 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (34% of 44,710)

A £1,684
B £1,965
C £2,246
D £2,526
E £3,088
F £3,649
G £4,211
H £5,053

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

Schools

34 schools · 14,893 pupils

21 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 9 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

28inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Thomas Knyvett CollegeRequires improvement
  • St Paul's Catholic College
  • Thamesmead School
  • The Bishop Wand Church of England School
  • The Matthew Arnold School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Spelthorne

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
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

123 applications decided

78.9% granted · 97 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 6
  • Con 14
  • LD 11
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£877 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,756 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,886 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile6.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)5.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spelthorne:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Spelthorne (constituency) · 0.7 km

    Spelthorne is a constituency in Surrey, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lincoln Jopp, a Conservative.

  • Ashford, Surrey · 1.2 km

    Ashford is a town in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England, which lies 14 mi (23 km) west of central London. Its name derives from a crossing point of the River Ash, a distributary of the River Colne. Historica…

  • Spelthorne College · 1.3 km

    Spelthorne College was a single-campus sixth form college on Church Road, Ashford, Surrey, England. It was formed in 1975 as a successor to Ashford Sixth Form College and Sunbury Sixth Form College. Its campus was fou…

  • Matthew Arnold School, Staines-upon-Thames · 1.3 km

    The Matthew Arnold School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status located in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, England. The school was opened by Lord Lucan on 24 May 1954 and educates pupils from the age o…

  • Queen Mary Reservoir · 1.5 km

    The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London's reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties, and is located in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. The reservoir covers 707…

  • HM Prison Bronzefield · 1.5 km

    HMP Bronzefield is an adult and young offender female prison located on the outskirts of Ashford in Surrey, England. Bronzefield is the only purpose-built private prison solely for women in the UK, and is the largest…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)