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Byfleet

Byfleet is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 3,000. It has 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and around 6 restaurants and cafés, along with 12 bus stops and Weybridge railway station 0.9 km away. 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 Byfleet area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Elmbridge area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 138,754 residents at roughly 1,460 people per km².

Council
Elmbridge
County
Surrey
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge
Police force
Surrey
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 37th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime84
Home affordability1
Affordable rents8
Good schools95
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation99
Employment74
Low council tax20

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°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

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

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

84 reported · August 2026▲ 27% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences30
  • Anti-social behaviour15
  • Shoplifting10
  • Criminal damage & arson8

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Byfleet, West Byfleet & Pyrford · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour in Byfleet Village - Youth related ASB / vehicle use such as speeding and reckless driving, and e-Scooters
  • Drug related offences - including possession with intent to supply, standard possession, drug driving, and psychoactive substances.

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

Road safety

264 reported road collisions (2025)

72 killed or seriously injured · 327 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

160 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 130 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Byfleet and New Haw (1.2 km)
  • 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Byfleet & New Haw (1.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£735,548 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Elmbridge · to 2026-08

Detached£1,566,899
Semi-detached£714,818
Terraced£573,804
Flat£345,639

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,891 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,264
  • 2 bed £1,589
  • 3 bed £1,937

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

Affordability

15.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 15.7 times median annual pay (15.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,862 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: 156.9p · Esso (10.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

55 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: High Road Byfleet (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools11
  • Sports pitches22
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

138,754 residents in Elmbridge · 1,460/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,017
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,513
  • Net moves+504

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 292 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,558 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 60,100)

A £1,705
B £1,989
C £2,274
D £2,558
E £3,126
F £3,695
G £4,263
H £5,116

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

Schools

56 schools · 23,537 pupils

28 primary · 5 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 12 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Hinchley Wood SchoolOutstanding
  • Esher Church of England High School
  • Heathside School
  • Heathside Walton-on-Thames
  • Three Rivers Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Elmbridge

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
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

608 applications decided

84% granted · 511 granted, 97 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat

Woking

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget 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 / Independent coalition

  • Con 9
  • LD 20
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 16

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens47
  • Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,455 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

64 jobs advertised · £33,325 avg

e.g. Operations Coordinator - Import & Export, Assistant Store Manager, Vacant Property Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£970 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£51,161 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,061 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

238 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.8 yrs women · 83.1 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in KT14

  • Madeira Medical
  • Parishes Bridge Med.Pract
  • Wey Family Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Woking:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Byfleet · 0.2 km

    Byfleet is a village in Surrey, England. It is located in the far east of the borough of Woking, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of West Byfleet, from which it is separated by the M25 motorway and the Wey Navigation.

  • British Aerospace Company Ground · 0.9 km

    British Aerospace Company Ground was a cricket ground in Byfleet, Surrey. The ground was built as a works venue for the Vickers-Armstrongs factory in Brooklands. In 1920 a factory side was established, although the fi…

  • Brooklands · 1.0 km

    Brooklands was a 2.767-mile (4.453 km) motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circui…

  • 1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash · 1.0 km

    The 1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash was the first aviation accident in which an investigation was made into the cause of the accident and a report subsequently published, thus marking the start of aviation ac…

  • Byfleet Manor · 1.1 km

    Byfleet Manor is a Grade II* listed house in Byfleet, Surrey, England. Byfleet Manor has been used as a filming location in three television series, most notably Downton Abbey.

  • Byfleet & New Haw railway station · 1.2 km

    Byfleet & New Haw railway station is on the South West Main Line, operated by South Western Railway and generally served by trains on the London to Woking route. The station is at the northern edge of Byfleet with the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Byfleet?
Byfleet is a town in Surrey, England, in the Elmbridge local authority.
How deprived is Byfleet?
The Elmbridge local authority, which includes Byfleet, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.