Worcester Park and Stoneleigh

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

61US AQI · Moderate

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

232 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences66
• Anti-social behaviour46
• Shoplifting37
• Vehicle crime22

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Old Malden · 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

• 402 rated 4–5 ★ (324 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Malden Manor (0.9 km)
• 16 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 (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Taylor Wimpey South Thames-Worcester Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches52
• Playgrounds11

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
• 7 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

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat

Epsom and Ewell

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 44
• Oth 3

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,435 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 4%

221 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 Epsom and Ewell:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death447 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU388 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND275 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases263 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks243 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

• Worcester Park House · 0.3 km

  Worcester Park House, built in 1607, whose ruins are in Surrey, in the United Kingdom, was one of the residences of the 4th Earl of Worcester, who was appointed Keeper of the Great Park of nearby Nonsuch Palace in 1606.

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  Chessington Hall · 0.3 km

  Chessington Hall was a country house in Chessington, England. It is important in literary history as the home of Samuel Crisp (1707–1783), a close friend of Fanny Burney, the novelist. At the time of the house's exist…

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  Malden Manor · 0.6 km

  Malden Manor is an area located in southwest London, England. It has a railway station, a number of shops, apartments, and a local park with gym facilities.

• Decca Sports Ground · 0.8 km

  Decca Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Tolworth, London. The first recorded professional match on the ground was in 1973, when Surrey played Northamptonshire in a List-A match in the 1973 John Player League as Sur…

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  Malden Manor railway station · 1.0 km

  Malden Manor railway station, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south London is one of the stations on the Chessington Branch Line, part of the London suburban network of South Western Railway, and is in…

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  Richard Challoner School · 1.0 km

  Richard Challoner School is an all boys secondary school with a mixed sixth form that is federated with Holy Cross School, New Malden. It has academy status and is in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. The school…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)