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Banstead

Banstead is a town in the county of Surrey, England, with a population of around 46,280. It has 1 GP surgery, 4 pharmacies, and around 27 restaurants and cafés, along with 24 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Banstead, 1.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £665,884. There were around 73 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 Banstead area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Reigate and Banstead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 150,846 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².

Council
Reigate and Banstead
County
Surrey
Constituency
Reigate
Police force
Surrey
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 51st of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability17
Affordable rents21
Good schools85
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation92
Employment86
Low council tax18

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

55 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences22
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Banstead, Nork & Woodmansterne · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime. This has a significant impact on both businesses and consumers. Retail workers often find themselves in harms’ way and subj…
  • Town Centre Anti-Social Behaviour. This can take a number of different forms, however, this behaviour decreases feelings of safety and di…

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

Road safety

300 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 411 casualties · 19.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

193 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 147 rated 4–5 ★ (118 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Banstead (1.1 km)
  • 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Banstead (1.2 km):

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Live buses at Banstead / Marks & Spencer:

  • S1 → Mitcham, Lavender Fields · 1 min
  • 166 → West Croydon · 4 min
  • S1 → Mitcham, Lavender Fields · 21 min
  • S1 → Mitcham, Lavender Fields · 31 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£485,856 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-08

Detached£926,802
Semi-detached£544,539
Terraced£434,240
Flat£270,148

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,640 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,142
  • 2 bed £1,483
  • 3 bed £1,818

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

Affordability

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,873 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: 152.9p · Esso (8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (8 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Waitrose - Banstead (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools31
  • Sports pitches36
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,846 residents in Reigate and Banstead · 1,168/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,740
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,661
  • Net moves+79

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 64,920)

A £1,711
B £1,996
C £2,281
D £2,567
E £3,137
F £3,707
G £4,278
H £5,133

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

Schools

61 schools · 23,894 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Carrington SchoolGood
  • Merstham Park SchoolGood
  • Reigate SchoolGood
  • The Beacon SchoolRequires improvement
  • Oakwood School
  • St Bede's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reigate and Banstead

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

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

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

Planning decisions

226 applications decided

90.3% granted · 204 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Rebecca Paul

Conservative

Reigate

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Con 16
  • LD 4
  • Grn 15
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

67 jobs advertised · £34,932 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Surrey, Food and Beverage Supervisor, Nursery Practitioner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£919 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,851 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 71,500 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in SM7

  • Nork Clinic
  • Longcroft Clinic
  • Woodstown House

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Banstead · 0.1 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…

  • Priory Preparatory School · 0.2 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…

  • Recreation Ground, Banstead · 0.5 km

    The Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Banstead, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1955, when South Women Second XI played the Women's Cricket Association. It hosted its only first-class matc…

  • The Beacon School, Banstead · 1.0 km

    The Beacon School, previously Nork Park School, previously Picquet’s Way School, is a mixed academy school in Banstead, Surrey. The school's values are excellence and respect. The school is a member of the GLF trust.

  • Banstead railway station · 1.1 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…

  • Nork, Surrey · 1.1 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Banstead?
Banstead is a town in Surrey, England, in the Reigate and Banstead local authority.
What is the population of Banstead?
Banstead has an approximate settlement population of 46,280.
How deprived is Banstead?
The Reigate and Banstead local authority, which includes Banstead, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.