Merton

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 16° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:22

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Lavender Hill (Clapham Jct), United Kingdom

625 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences219
• Anti-social behaviour131
• Other theft55
• Shoplifting55

60 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Colliers Wood · Metropolitan

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

399 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 451 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 416 rated 4–5 ★ (347 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Colliers Wood (0.6 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£612,681 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Merton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,153 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,624
• 2 bed £2,006
• 3 bed £2,385

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

14.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.2 times median annual pay (13.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

61 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: 36 Dane Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms9
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches38
• Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

215,186 residents in Merton · 5,722/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 68%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 214 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,147 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (32% of 87,810)

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

75 schools · 32,167 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

56inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Merton

207 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices36
• Dentists52
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Merton

• In a conservation area (Wandle Valley)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 71 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

221 applications decided

91% granted · 201 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Siobhain McDonagh

Labour

Mitcham and Morden

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 32
• Con 4
• LD 19
• Oth 2

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

• Schools25
• GPs & clinics14
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens89
• Restaurants & cafés122

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

185 jobs advertised · £35,429 avg

e.g. End of Tenancy House Cleaners, Handyman Wanted. Make Your Own Schedule., Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£994 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£37,982 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 102,125 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

32% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Gas 30% · Solar 14% · Nuclear 9%

156 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 62.4 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mitcham and Morden:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s379 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test200 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office172 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership166 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Merton Abbey Mills · 0.1 km

  Merton Abbey Mills is a former textile factory in the parish of Merton in London, England near the site of the medieval Merton Priory, now the home of a variety of businesses, mostly retailers.

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  Merton Abbey railway station · 0.1 km

  Merton Abbey was a railway station in Merton on the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway. It was opened in 1868 and closed on 1 January 1917. It was reopened by the Southern Railway (SR) on 27 August 1923.

• Bennett's Ditch · 0.2 km

  Bennett's Ditch—sometimes spelled Bennetts Ditch—is a minor river (brook) located in the locality of Colliers Wood in the London Borough of Merton, Greater London, England. It is a tributary of Pickle Ditch, itself…

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  Merton Priory · 0.2 km

  Merton Priory was an English Augustinian priory founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under King Henry I (1100–1135). It was situated within the manor of Merton in the county of Surrey, in what is today…

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  King's Head, Merton · 0.3 km

  The King's Head was a public house in Merton High Street. An inn existed on the site from the 16th century, and served as a post house in the 17th century. The modern building was constructed in 1933, and is Grade II…

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  Pickle Ditch · 0.4 km

  Pickle Ditch, also known as the Pickle, is a minor, 0.9-kilometre (0.56 mi) long stream—brook—in the locality of Colliers Wood in the London Borough of Merton, Greater London, England. Rising from the River Wandle, a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)