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 (IoD2025). It is home to around 102,955 residents at roughly 2,294 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 194th of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.
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
10°COvercast
- Today: 12° / 8° · 14% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30
9h 30m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
156 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences43
- Public order33
- Shoplifting32
- Anti-social behaviour15
3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Shepperton & Laleham · Surrey
Local policing priorities
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Shoplifting
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
214 reported road collisions (2025)
52 killed or seriously injured · 251 casualties · 20.8 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
342 food businesses within 2 miles
- 284 rated 4–5 ★ (224 top)
- 11 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
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
£440,812 average▼ 1.6% YoY
Across Spelthorne · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,696 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY
- 1 bed £1,232
- 2 bed £1,582
- 3 bed £1,839
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
1,153 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: 157.9p · Esso (6.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.8 km)
17 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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,504
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,146
- Net moves+358
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 196 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,526 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band D (34% of 44,710)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
35 schools · 14,893 pupils
21 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other
Ofsted: 9 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)
28 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Thomas Knyvett CollegeRequires improvement
- St Paul's Catholic College
- Sunbury Manor School
- Thamesmead School
- The Bishop Wand Church of England School
- The Matthew Arnold School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Spelthorne
Care & health services
1,403 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
- 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
143 applications decided
82.5% granted · 118 granted, 25 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
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
5,335 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£877 median full-time weekly pay
3.6% 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
Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 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:
- Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU850 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
- Remove the grey belt planning rules364 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND268 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases197 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth182 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Spelthorne (constituency) · 0.7 kmSpelthorne 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 kmAshford 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 ford of the River Ash, a distributary of the River Colne. Historically part o…
Spelthorne College · 1.3 kmSpelthorne College was a sixth form college on Church Road, the main street of Ashford, Surrey/Middlesex, England. Spelthorne College began in 1975 as the successor to both Ashford and Sunbury Sixth Form Colleges. Its…
- Matthew Arnold School, Staines-upon-Thames · 1.3 km
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Queen Mary Reservoir · 1.5 kmThe 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 kmHMP 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…
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