Sutton (Sutton)

11°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 9° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:31

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 8.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

166 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences53
• Anti-social behaviour39
• Vehicle crime21
• Drugs11

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Motspur Park and Old Malden East · Metropolitan

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

252 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 286 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 413 rated 4–5 ★ (344 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Worcester Park (0.5 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£597,587 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Kingston upon Thames · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,811 average monthly rent▼ 1.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,379
• 2 bed £1,755
• 3 bed £2,154

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

12.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.7 times median annual pay (12.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,702 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: 154.9p · BP (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Shell Recharge/Ubitricity (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches92
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

168,064 residents in Kingston upon Thames · 4,512/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,455
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,822
• Net moves−1,367

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 259 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,609 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 70,420)

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

64 schools · 30,040 pupils

34 primary · 11 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

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

203 CQC-registered services

• Care homes44
• GP practices38
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies47
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kingston upon Thames

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

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

326 applications decided

82.5% granted · 269 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Luke Taylor

Liberal Democrat

Sutton and Cheam

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 44
• Oth 3

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens289
• Restaurants & cafés52

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,435 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

488 jobs advertised · £42,714 avg

e.g. Mosaic Trainer, Teacher of Physical Education, Cover Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£953 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,290 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,340 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Imports 19% · Gas 19% · Nuclear 8%

102 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.6 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67 women · 66.9 men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in KT4

• Shadbolt Park House Surg
• Manor Drive Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sutton and Cheam:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death327 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions239 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND197 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities195 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth150 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Worcester Park F.C. · 0.4 km

  Worcester Park Football Club is a football club based in Worcester Park in the London Borough of Sutton, England. Part of the Worcester Park Athletic Club, they are currently members of the Surrey Premier League and p…

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  Worcester Park railway station · 0.5 km

  Worcester Park railway station serves the Worcester Park area in south-west London, England. It is 10 miles 53 chains (17.2 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It opened in 1859 when the London and South Western R…

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  Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood · 0.5 km

  Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood is a 1.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve and a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I, in Motspur Park in the London Borough of Merton. It adjoins Sir Joseph Hood Memori…

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  Motspur Park · 0.6 km

  Motspur Park, also known locally as West Barnes, is a residential suburb in south-west London, in the New Malden (Kingston) and Raynes Park (Merton) districts. It straddles the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Mer…

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  Morden Cemetery · 1.0 km

  Morden Cemetery, also known as Battersea New Cemetery, is a cemetery in the Lower Morden area of the town of Morden within the London Borough of Merton, London, England. It opened on 17 March 1891. A crematorium in Mo…

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  Old Malden · 1.1 km

  Old Malden is an area of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south London, 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Charing Cross. It is between New Malden and Worcester Park, along the A2043 road, here named Malden Road.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)