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Warlingham

Warlingham is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 7,970. There is 1 GP or clinic, 1 pharmacy and 14 restaurants or cafés, along with 14 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Upper Warlingham, 1.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £563,808 and there were around 79 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 Warlingham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Croydon area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 390,719 residents at roughly 4,516 people per km².

Council
Croydon
County
Greater London
Constituency
Croydon South
Police force
Metropolitan Police
30/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 278th of 294 English council areas — better than 5% of them.

Low crime34
Home affordability24
Affordable rents17
Good schools32
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation32
Employment6
Low council tax12

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

22°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:23

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

Crime

94 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences34
  • Anti-social behaviour16
  • Vehicle crime9
  • Other theft7

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Warlingham, Woldingham, Chelsham, Farleigh & Tatsfield · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social driving involving E-Bikes and E-Scooters in Warlingham and the surrounding area causing alarm and distress to other road user…
  • The Warlingham area in the north of the borough has recently seen the majority of recorded burglary offences, likely due to the vicinity…

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

Road safety

933 reported road collisions (2024)

153 killed or seriously injured · 1,047 casualties · 23.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

138 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 116 rated 4–5 ★ (101 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Upper Warlingham (1.4 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Upper Warlingham (1.4 km):

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Live buses at Warlingham Green:

  • 403West Croydon · 5 min
  • 403West Croydon · 17 min
  • 403West Croydon · 29 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£394,736 average 1.9% YoY

Across Croydon · to 2026-06

Detached£844,849
Semi-detached£541,751
Terraced£400,755
Flat£257,494

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,581 average monthly rent 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,264
  • 2 bed £1,572
  • 3 bed £1,856

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

Affordability

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (10.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (8.7 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

94 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: MFG Warlingham (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches45
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

390,719 residents in Croydon · 4,516/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 102 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,600 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 168,250)

A £1,733
B £2,022
C £2,311
D £2,600
E £3,178
F £3,755
G £4,333
H £5,200

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

Schools

159 schools · 63,219 pupils

87 primary · 23 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 47 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

127inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Riddlesdown CollegiateOutstanding
  • Ark Blake AcademyGood
  • Coombe Wood SchoolGood
  • Harris Academy PurleyGood
  • Harris Academy South NorwoodGood
  • Meridian High SchoolGood
  • Shirley High School Performing Arts CollegeGood
  • St Joseph's CollegeGood
  • Coloma Convent Girls' SchoolRequires improvement
  • Oasis Academy ArenaRequires improvement
  • The Quest AcademyRequires improvement
  • Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
  • Harris Academy Beulah Hill
  • Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
  • Harris Invictus Academy Croydon
  • Norbury High School for Girls
  • Oasis Academy Coulsdon
  • Oasis Academy Shirley Park
  • Orchard Park High School
  • St Mary's Catholic High School
  • The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy
  • Thomas More Catholic School
  • Woodcote High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Croydon

Care & health services

486 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes129
  • GP practices73
  • Dentists89
  • Homecare agencies155
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Croydon

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

387 applications decided

71.6% granted · 277 granted, 110 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 30
  • Con 28
  • LD 2
  • Grn 7
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens37
  • Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

34 jobs advertised · £29,093 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£856 median full-time weekly pay

6.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,407 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 182,880 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

49% low-carbon electricity

Imports 46% · Wind 30% · Solar 14% · Gas 6%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67.5 women · 66.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.0
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Warlingham · 0.0 km

    Warlingham is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England, 14 miles (23 km) south of London and 22 miles (35 km) east of Guildford. Warlingham is the centre of a civil parish that includes…

  • Blanchman's Farm · 0.7 km

    Blanchman's Farm is a 9.4-hectare (23-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Warlingham in Surrey. It is owned by Tandridge District Council and managed by the Blanchman's Farm Committee and the Downlands Countryside Project.

  • Caterham and Warlingham Urban District · 1.1 km

    Caterham and Warlingham was an Urban District of Surrey in England until 1974.

  • Warlingham School · 1.1 km

    Warlingham School is a large secondary school with pupils aged 11–16, and also has a sixth form for 16- to 18-year-olds. The school is located in the village of Warlingham, in Surrey, England. It is one of three secon…

  • Upper Warlingham railway station · 1.4 km

    Upper Warlingham railway station is on the Oxted line serving Warlingham and Whyteleafe in Surrey, England. It is in London fare zone 6, 15 miles 33 chains from London Bridge, although off peak trains run to and from…

  • Farleigh Rovers F.C. · 1.5 km

    Farleigh Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Warlingham, Surrey, England. The club are currently members of the Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division One and play at Parsonage Field.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Warlingham?
Warlingham is a town in Greater London, England, in the Croydon local authority.
What is the population of Warlingham?
Warlingham has an approximate settlement population of 7,970.
How deprived is Warlingham?
The Croydon local authority, which includes Warlingham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.