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Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 30,155. It has around 48 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, 3 GP surgeries, 3 supermarkets, 27 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Camberley, 0.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £484,549, and there were around 171 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 Camberley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Surrey Heath area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 90,452 residents at roughly 951 people per km².

Council
Surrey Heath
County
Surrey
Constituency
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
65/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 45th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime84
Home affordability13
Affordable rents21
Good schools75
Life expectancy92
Low deprivation97
Employment82
Low council tax15

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

19°CCloudy

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

174 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences58
  • Anti-social behaviour29
  • Shoplifting23
  • Criminal damage & arson15

4 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Camberley Town and St Pauls · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • ASB related issues around drug use and dealing
  • Shoplifting and assaults towards retail workers.

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

Road safety

191 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 243 casualties · 21.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

355 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 268 rated 4–5 ★ (217 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Camberley (0.1 km)
  • 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Camberley (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£461,396 average 6.1% YoY

Across Surrey Heath · to 2026-06

Detached£798,573
Semi-detached£461,210
Terraced£373,148
Flat£235,244

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,508 average monthly rent 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,040
  • 2 bed £1,339
  • 3 bed £1,618

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

Affordability

11.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.8 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (5.4 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

52 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Main Square Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

90,452 residents in Surrey Heath · 951/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 309 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,585 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 38,650)

A £1,723
B £2,011
C £2,298
D £2,585
E £3,160
F £3,734
G £4,309
H £5,170

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

Schools

36 schools · 12,674 pupils

25 primary · 4 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Tomlinscote SchoolOutstanding
  • Kings International CollegeGood
  • Collingwood College
  • Gordon's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Surrey Heath

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

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

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

Planning decisions

128 applications decided

85.9% granted · 110 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat

Surrey Heath

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 6
  • LD 23
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

884 jobs advertised · £43,494 avg

e.g. Staff Nurse - Pre-Assessment, Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Senior Tax Analyst – Technology

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£915 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,840 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 · 38,488 certificates

6.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Solar 32% · Wind 31% · Imports 18% · Gas 11%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Surrey Heath:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Camberley railway station · 0.2 km

    Camberley railway station serves the town of Camberley, in Surrey, England. It is a stop on the Ascot–Ash Vale line, 35 miles 30 chains (56.9 km) from London Waterloo. The station is operated by South Western Railway,…

  • Camberley · 0.2 km

    Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Known originall…

  • Surrey Heath · 0.3 km

    Surrey Heath is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt.

  • Camberley Obelisk · 0.4 km

    Camberley Obelisk is a brick tower at the top of a hill in Camberley, Surrey, England. The tower was built by John Norris (1721–1786) in about 1765–1770. The top section of the tower was destroyed by fire in the early…

  • St Tarcisius Church, Camberley · 0.6 km

    St Tarcisius Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Camberley, Surrey. It was built between 1923 and 1924 and was designed by Frederick Walters. It is situated on the London Road, to the north of the town, next t…

  • Staff College, Camberley · 0.6 km

    The Staff College, Camberley, located in Surrey, was a staff college for the British Army and the presidency armies of British India. It had its origins in the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, founded in 1799, wh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Camberley?
Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, in the Surrey Heath local authority.
What is the population of Camberley?
Camberley has an approximate settlement population of 30,155.
How deprived is Camberley?
The Surrey Heath local authority, which includes Camberley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.