Caterham

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:29

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

63US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Tooting High Street, United Kingdom

• 8.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

95 reported · August 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Public order11

6 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Caterham Valley, Harestone & Valley · Surrey

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

937 reported road collisions (2025)

150 killed or seriously injured · 1,067 casualties · 24 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

166 food businesses within 2 miles

• 150 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 5 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

£396,718 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across Croydon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,582 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,265
• 2 bed £1,573
• 3 bed £1,858

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

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

3,567 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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (9.3 km)

10 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK32,080
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK36,566
• Net moves−4,486

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 105 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

158 schools · 63,165 pupils

87 primary · 23 secondary · 48 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Croydon

487 CQC-registered services

• Care homes129
• GP practices72
• Dentists89
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Croydon

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

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

418 applications decided

74.6% granted · 312 granted, 106 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 30
• Con 28
• LD 2
• Grn 8
• Ref 2

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

133 jobs advertised · £35,003 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Surrey, Front of House Supervisor, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£856 median full-time weekly pay

6.4% 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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

235 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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CR3

• Caterham Valley Medical Practice
• Caterham Dene Rac
• Cesp Glaucoma (Canterbury)

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death695 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND273 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission238 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases237 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks224 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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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)