Caterham

17°COvercast

• Today: 25° / 16° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Lambeth - Streatham Green, United Kingdom

114 reported · July 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences47
• Public order15
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Other theft10

8 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Caterham Valley, Harestone & Valley · Surrey

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

933 reported road collisions (2024)

153 killed or seriously injured · 1,047 casualties · 23.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

165 food businesses within 2 miles

• 144 rated 4–5 ★ (134 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Caterham (0.0 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£394,736 average▼ 1.9% YoY

Across Croydon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,581 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,264
• 2 bed £1,572
• 3 bed £1,856

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

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: MFG Town End (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

390,719 residents in Croydon · 4,516/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 102 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,600 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 168,250)

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

159 schools · 63,219 pupils

87 primary · 23 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 47 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

127inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Croydon

486 CQC-registered services

• Care homes129
• GP practices73
• Dentists89
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Croydon

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

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

387 applications decided

71.6% granted · 277 granted, 110 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 30
• Con 28
• LD 2
• Grn 7
• Ref 2
• Oth 1

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

180 jobs advertised · £39,838 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£856 median full-time weekly pay

6.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,407 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 182,880 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

20% low-carbon electricity

Gas 66% · Imports 14% · Wind 9% · Nuclear 7%

270 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67.5 women · 66.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test381 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office298 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership249 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Caterham railway station · 0.0 km

  Caterham railway station serves the town of Caterham in the Tandridge district of Surrey.

• Caterham Cars · 0.0 km

  Caterham Cars Ltd. is a British manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars and the flagship property of the Caterham Group, since 2021 owned by Japanese automotive company VT Holdings, established in Caterham,…

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  Caterham · 0.3 km

  Caterham is a town in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry val…

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  Sacred Heart Church, Caterham · 0.8 km

  Sacred Heart Church or formally the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic parish church in Caterham, Surrey, England designed by Ingress Bell and built in 1881. It is situated between Essendene Road…

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  Caterham School · 1.2 km

  Caterham School is a co-educational day and boarding public school in Caterham, Surrey and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

• De Stafford School · 1.3 km

  de Stafford School is a mixed secondary school located in Caterham, Surrey, England. The school educates students from ages 11 to 16.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)