Merton

10°CClear

• Today: 13° / 7° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:34

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

72US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 8.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

589 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences188
• Anti-social behaviour110
• Vehicle crime58
• Shoplifting52

Neighbourhood team: Colliers Wood · Metropolitan

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

421 reported road collisions (2025)

80 killed or seriously injured · 488 casualties · 19.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 418 rated 4–5 ★ (353 top)
• 11 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

£623,791 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Merton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,172 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,639
• 2 bed £2,024
• 3 bed £2,407

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

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

1,976 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

26 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,491
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK23,523
• Net moves−3,032

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 207 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Merton

205 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices36
• Dentists51
• 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)

286 applications decided

93.4% granted · 267 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

12,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

158 jobs advertised · £38,507 avg

e.g. Property Reset Cleaners, IT Technician, Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£994 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% 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

36% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 16% · Nuclear 12% · Imports 10%

230 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

20 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in SW19

• Francis Grove Surgery
• Wimbledon Village Surgery
• Wimbledon Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mitcham and Morden:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND225 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks156 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU140 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases124 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death117 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

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

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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)