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Tadworth and Epsom Downs

Tadworth and Epsom Downs is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 15,000, 1 GP surgery, 4 pharmacies, 30 restaurants and cafés, and 26 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Banstead, 0.1 km away. There were around 72 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tadworth and Epsom Downs area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Sutton area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 209,636 residents at roughly 4,781 people per km².

Council
Sutton
County
Greater London
Constituency
Sutton and Cheam
Police force
Metropolitan Police
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 86th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.

Low crime72
Home affordability15
Affordable rents18
Good schools88
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation72
Employment41
Low council tax65

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:17

12h 43m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Lambeth - Streatham Green, United Kingdom

Crime

67 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences24
  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Burglary6
  • Criminal damage & arson5

5 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Cheam · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Burglary - To reduce residential and nonresidential burglaries across the ward.
  • Theft from and of motor vehicles

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

Road safety

362 reported road collisions (2024)

63 killed or seriously injured · 444 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

292 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 232 rated 4–5 ★ (202 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Banstead (0.1 km)
  • 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Banstead (0.0 km):

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Live buses at Banstead Station:

  • 166West Croydon · 3 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£446,775 average 0.4% YoY

Across Sutton · to 2026-06

Detached£1,022,308
Semi-detached£648,308
Terraced£456,712
Flat£281,416

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,553 average monthly rent 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,236
  • 2 bed £1,551
  • 3 bed £1,895

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

Affordability

11.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.4 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Waitrose - Banstead (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools72
  • Sports pitches27
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

209,636 residents in Sutton · 4,781/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 227 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,379 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (33% of 86,290)

A £1,586
B £1,850
C £2,114
D £2,379
E £2,907
F £3,436
G £3,964
H £4,757

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

Schools

74 schools · 41,771 pupils

42 primary · 14 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 28 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Harris Academy SuttonOutstanding
  • Wilson's SchoolOutstanding
  • Carshalton Boys Sports CollegeGood
  • Glenthorne High SchoolGood
  • Oaks Park High SchoolGood
  • St Philomena's Catholic High School for GirlsGood
  • Sutton Grammar SchoolGood
  • Carshalton High School for Girls
  • Cheam High School
  • Greenshaw High School
  • Overton Grange School
  • The John Fisher School
  • Wallington County Grammar School
  • Wallington High School for Girls

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sutton

Care & health services

232 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes69
  • GP practices30
  • Dentists60
  • Homecare agencies54
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sutton

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

212 applications decided

91% granted · 193 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • LD 51
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,225 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£852 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,335 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 95,682 certificates

8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 68.7 women · 68.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Banstead railway station · 0.2 km

    Banstead railway station serves the village of Banstead in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey. It is managed by Southern, which operates all passenger services. Banstead station is on the Epsom Downs branch…

  • Cuddington Meadows · 0.5 km

    Cuddington Meadows is a 1.4-hectare (3.5-acre) Local Nature Reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I, in Belmont in the London Borough of Sutton. It is owned by Sutton Council and manage…

  • Beechholme · 0.7 km

    Beechholme was a residential school and children's home in Fir Tree Road, Banstead, Surrey. It was founded in 1879 as the Kensington and Chelsea District School, Banstead, became Banstead Residential School in 1930, b…

  • Nork, Surrey · 0.9 km

    Nork is a residential area of the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey and borders Greater London, England. Nork is separated from its post town Banstead only by the A217 dual carriageway, and the built-up area i…

  • Priory Preparatory School · 1.0 km

    Priory Preparatory School was a preparatory school in Banstead, Surrey, England, for boys aged two to thirteen years, which was closed in 2017. The school was a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Sch…

  • Banstead · 1.2 km

    Banstead is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) south of Sutton, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Croydon, 7 miles (11 km) north of Reigate, 8.5 miles (14 km) south-east…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
Tadworth and Epsom Downs is a town in Greater London, England, in the Sutton local authority.
How deprived is Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
The Sutton local authority, which includes Tadworth and Epsom Downs, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.