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Ashford Common

Ashford Common is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has around 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 16 restaurants and cafés, with 25 bus stops and Upper Halliford railway station 1.1 km away. There were around 192 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 Ashford Common area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Spelthorne area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,955 residents at roughly 2,294 people per km².

Council
Spelthorne
County
Surrey
Constituency
Spelthorne
Police force
Surrey
43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 196th of 294 English council areas — better than 33% of them.

Low crime44
Home affordability10
Affordable rents11
Good schools58
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation63
Employment41
Low council tax26

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

18°CSunny

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

191 reported · July 2026 4% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences78
  • Anti-social behaviour27
  • Other theft21
  • Public order16

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shepperton & Laleham · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • ASB affecting local pubs
  • Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) From our public engagements with the community, it’s been identified that it is early hours of th…

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

Road safety

197 reported road collisions (2024)

47 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 19.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

379 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 320 rated 4–5 ★ (265 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Upper Halliford (1.1 km)
  • 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Upper Halliford (1.2 km):

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Live buses at Norman Road:

  • 216Kingston · 5 min
  • 216Kingston · 22 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£429,916 average 4.7% YoY

Across Spelthorne · to 2026-06

Detached£777,762
Semi-detached£522,630
Terraced£417,015
Flat£265,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,661 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,206
  • 2 bed £1,549
  • 3 bed £1,801

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

Affordability

12.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.2 times median annual pay (12.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · ESSO (11.7 km)

36 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Texaco Herds Garage (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches30
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,955 residents in Spelthorne · 2,294/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 201 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,526 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (34% of 44,710)

A £1,684
B £1,965
C £2,246
D £2,526
E £3,088
F £3,649
G £4,211
H £5,053

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

Schools

34 schools · 14,893 pupils

21 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 9 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

28inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Thomas Knyvett CollegeRequires improvement
  • St Paul's Catholic College
  • Thamesmead School
  • The Bishop Wand Church of England School
  • The Matthew Arnold School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Spelthorne

Care & health services

1,391 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes390
  • GP practices202
  • Dentists356
  • Homecare agencies296
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

123 applications decided

78.9% granted · 97 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lincoln Jopp

Conservative

Spelthorne

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoMotion to sit in private
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 6
  • Con 14
  • LD 11
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £36,250 avg

e.g. 3rd Line Support Engineer, 1st / 2nd Line Support Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£877 median full-time weekly pay

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

£28,756 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 · 48,886 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

64% low-carbon electricity

Wind 30% · Solar 23% · Imports 19% · Gas 17%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile6.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)5.2

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in TW15

  • Studholme Medical Centre
  • Fordbridge Medical Centre
  • Stanwell Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spelthorne:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Spelthorne Sports F.C. · 0.1 km

    Spelthorne Sports F.C. is a football club based in the borough of Spelthorne. They play in the Combined Counties League Division One.

  • Queen Mary Reservoir · 0.9 km

    The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London's reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties, and is located in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. The reservoir covers 707…

  • Sunbury-on-Thames · 1.1 km

    Sunbury-on-Thames, known locally as Sunbury, is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England, 13 mi (21 km) southwest of central London. Sunbury and other surrounding town…

  • Upper Halliford railway station · 1.1 km

    Upper Halliford railway station serves the village of Upper Halliford in Surrey, England. It is 17 miles 34 chains (28.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

  • Thames Water Ring Main · 1.2 km

    The Thames Water Ring Main is a system of approximately 80 km (50 mi) of concrete tunnels which transfer drinking water from water treatment works in the Thames and River Lea catchments for distribution within central…

  • Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District · 1.4 km

    Sunbury on Thames Urban District, also known as Sunbury Urban District, was a local government district from 1894 to 1974 comprising the town and parish of Sunbury-on-Thames and from 1930 also the parishes of Littleto…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ashford Common?
Ashford Common is a town in Surrey, England, in the Spelthorne local authority.
How deprived is Ashford Common?
The Spelthorne local authority, which includes Ashford Common, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.