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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 (IoD2025). 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 194th of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.

Low crime44
Home affordability10
Affordable rents10
Good schools57
Life expectancy71
Low deprivation66
Employment38
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

10°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

188 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences58
  • Anti-social behaviour33
  • Public order21
  • Shoplifting18

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shepperton & Laleham · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Shoplifting

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

Road safety

214 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 251 casualties · 20.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

372 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 318 rated 4–5 ★ (266 top)
  • 8 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:

  • 216 → Kingston · 16 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£440,812 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Spelthorne · to 2026-08

Detached£801,004
Semi-detached£537,798
Terraced£429,803
Flat£269,657

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,696 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,232
  • 2 bed £1,582
  • 3 bed £1,839

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

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

Property sales

1,153 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (11.1 km)

15 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,504
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,146
  • Net moves+358

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 196 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

35 schools · 14,893 pupils

21 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Spelthorne

Care & health services

1,403 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes393
  • GP practices201
  • Dentists359
  • Homecare agencies299
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 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

143 applications decided

82.5% granted · 118 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Lincoln Jopp

Conservative

Spelthorne

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

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

5,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £35,182 avg

e.g. Production Manager, Machine Operator, Junior IT Support Analyst

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£877 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Wind 16% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

271 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 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 2026-10-05

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 IoD2025.