Richmond upon Thames

18°COvercast

• Today: 25° / 18° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:20

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

204 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences58
• Anti-social behaviour57
• Vehicle crime23
• Shoplifting15

12 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: South Twickenham · Metropolitan

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

339 reported road collisions (2024)

91 killed or seriously injured · 382 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 421 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Fulwell (0.3 km)
• 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£818,949 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Richmond upon Thames · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,318 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,722
• 2 bed £2,208
• 3 bed £2,666

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

17.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 17.6 times median annual pay (16.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

48 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 62.5 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Fulwell (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches74
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

195,279 residents in Richmond upon Thames · 3,402/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 297 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,486 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 85,800)

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

85 schools · 39,001 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 25 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

60inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Richmond upon Thames

214 CQC-registered services

• Care homes42
• GP practices45
• Dentists80
• Homecare agencies27
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Richmond upon Thames

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

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

419 applications decided

81.6% granted · 342 granted, 77 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Munira Wilson

Liberal Democrat

Twickenham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• LD 54

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

• Schools20
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens1480
• Restaurants & cafés98

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,413 jobs advertised · £41,857 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Superflex Roadside Patrol, Superflex Roadside Technician

Source: Adzuna

£1,057 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£51,388 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,778 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 73% · Wind 9% · Nuclear 8% · Imports 6%

295 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 87.2 yrs women · 83.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 70.3 women · 69.3 men

43% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• 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 Twickenham:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU5,759 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership538 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s409 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership368 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office213 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

• The Mall School · 0.1 km

  The Mall School is an independent preparatory school and nursery for boys and girls, in Twickenham, London. The nursery can take up to 75 children aged 6 months to 4 years and the school welcomes pupils from Reception…

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  Fulwell bus garage · 0.2 km

  Fulwell Bus Garage is a Transport for London bus garage located in Twickenham in west London. It is north of Fulwell railway station and operates as two halves, with entrances on the A311 Wellington Road and B358 Stan…

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  Fulwell, London · 0.2 km

  Fulwell is a neighbourhood of outer West London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It straddles the west of the "ancient" parish and urban district borders of Twickenham and Teddington.

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  St Michael's, Fulwell · 0.3 km

  St Michael's Fulwell is a Grade II listed Church of England church on Wilcox Road in Fulwell, a neighbourhood of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Founded in 1913, it closed from 2000 to 2014 a…

• Waldegrave School · 0.4 km

  Waldegrave School is a comprehensive secondary school with academy status in Twickenham, London, England. It takes girls between the ages of 11 and 16 and has a coeducational sixth form, opened in September 2014. Ther…

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  Thames Valley Grammar School · 0.4 km

  Thames Valley Grammar School was a co-educational grammar school in Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)