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Egham

Egham is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 29,663. It has around 4 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, and 58 restaurants and cafés, 27 bus stops, and Egham railway station is 1.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £523,138. There were around 155 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Egham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Windsor and Maidenhead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 153,497 residents at roughly 781 people per km².

Council
Windsor and Maidenhead
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Windsor
Police force
Thames Valley
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 86th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability6
Affordable rents12
Good schools32
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation96
Employment74
Low council tax97

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: 11° / 9° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:28

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.4 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

Crime

113 reported · August 2026▼ 1% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences34
  • Public order18
  • Shoplifting18
  • Anti-social behaviour15

5 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Egham Town · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting in Egham Town.

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

Road safety

176 reported road collisions (2025)

45 killed or seriously injured · 213 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

335 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 262 rated 4–5 ★ (220 top)
  • 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Egham (0.5 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Egham (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£583,688 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-08

Detached£1,142,002
Semi-detached£611,223
Terraced£491,374
Flat£307,916

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,800 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,246
  • 2 bed £1,567
  • 3 bed £1,916

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

Affordability

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,715 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 (10.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.1 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

77 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Texaco Egham (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres8
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools21
  • Sports pitches45
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

153,497 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead · 781/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,978
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,347
  • Net moves+631

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 285 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 67,630)

A £1,302
B £1,519
C £1,736
D £1,953
E £2,387
F £2,820
G £3,254
H £3,905

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

Schools

83 schools · 27,804 pupils

46 primary · 10 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Charters SchoolGood
  • Holyport CollegeGood
  • Cox Green SchoolRequires improvement
  • Windsor Girls' SchoolRequires improvement
  • Altwood Church of England School
  • Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
  • Desborough College
  • Furze Platt Senior School
  • Newlands Girls' School
  • The Windsor Boys' School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Windsor and Maidenhead

Care & health services

190 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists44
  • Homecare agencies31
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Windsor and Maidenhead

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 66 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

291 applications decided

71.8% granted · 209 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Dr Ben Spencer

Conservative

Runnymede and Weybridge

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 8
  • LD 21
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens43
  • Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

198 jobs advertised · £35,075 avg

e.g. Fleet Vehicle Technician, Audio Visual Technical Manager - Projects, Associate Director, MSAT

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,211 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 71,997 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 29% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 9%

197 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 68.9 women · 67.3 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in TW20

  • Runnymede Medical Practice
  • Grove Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runnymede and Weybridge:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Strode's College · 0.2 km

    Strode's College is a sixth form college located in Egham, Surrey. It was founded in 1704, when Henry Strode bequeathed £6,000 to set up a free school in his native parish of Egham. In the twentieth century, Strode's…

  • Egham railway station · 0.4 km

    Egham railway station serves the town of Egham, in Surrey, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by South Western Railway, which also provides all services. The station lies on the Waterloo to Read…

  • Egham · 0.4 km

    Egham is a town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 19 miles (31 km) west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the…

  • Audley Group · 0.4 km

    Audley Group is a builder and manager in the British retirement property industry. The company's based in Egham and has two property brands in the UK - Audley Villages and formerly known as Audley Retirement, and Mayf…

  • St John's Church, Egham · 0.6 km

    St. John's Church, Egham or St. John the Baptist, Egham or St. John's Church is an evangelical Anglican church located in the centre of Egham, Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford. There are approximately 320 members o…

  • Langham Pond · 0.9 km

    Langham Pond is a 26.7-hectare (66-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Egham in Surrey, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Egham?
Egham is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority.
What is the population of Egham?
Egham has an approximate settlement population of 29,663.
How deprived is Egham?
The Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, which includes Egham, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.