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Caterham

Caterham is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 20,957. It has 37 bus stops, 4 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 14 restaurants and cafés, with Caterham railway station 0.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £573,423, and there were around 120 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 Caterham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tandridge area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,874 residents at roughly 354 people per km².

Council
Tandridge
County
Surrey
Constituency
East Surrey
Police force
Surrey
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 63rd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability7
Affordable rents10
Good schools95
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation81
Employment65
Low council tax14

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 88% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:21

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

Crime

114 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences47
  • Public order15
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Other theft10

8 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Caterham Valley, Harestone & Valley · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Increased theft from shops and concerns regarding threats / violence towards retail staff

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

Road safety

234 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 339 casualties · 26.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

165 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 144 rated 4–5 ★ (134 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Caterham (0.0 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Caterham (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£475,344 average 5.6% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-06

Detached£853,458
Semi-detached£460,542
Terraced£387,546
Flat£243,121

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,634 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,156
  • 2 bed £1,464
  • 3 bed £1,828

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

Affordability

13.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.2 times median annual pay (15.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

41 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: MFG Town End (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches32
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,874 residents in Tandridge · 354/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 258 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 38,200)

A £1,730
B £2,018
C £2,307
D £2,595
E £3,171
F £3,748
G £4,325
H £5,190

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

Schools

47 schools · 15,578 pupils

24 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • de Stafford SchoolGood
  • Oxted SchoolGood
  • Warlingham School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tandridge

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
  • 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

147 applications decided

83.7% granted · 123 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent (minority)

  • Con 5
  • LD 12
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 25

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools12
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

180 jobs advertised · £39,838 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£837 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,590 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,414 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 67% · Gas 21% · Wind 7% · Solar 4%

145 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Caterham railway station · 0.0 km

    Caterham railway station serves the town of Caterham in the Tandridge district of Surrey.

  • Caterham Cars · 0.0 km

    Caterham Cars Ltd. is a British manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars and the flagship property of the Caterham Group, since 2021 owned by Japanese automotive company VT Holdings, established in Caterham,…

  • Caterham · 0.3 km

    Caterham is a town in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry val…

  • Sacred Heart Church, Caterham · 0.8 km

    Sacred Heart Church or formally the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic parish church in Caterham, Surrey, England designed by Ingress Bell and built in 1881. It is situated between Essendene Road…

  • Caterham School · 1.2 km

    Caterham School is a co-educational day and boarding public school in Caterham, Surrey and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

  • De Stafford School · 1.3 km

    de Stafford School is a mixed secondary school located in Caterham, Surrey, England. The school educates students from ages 11 to 16.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Caterham?
Caterham is a town in Surrey, England, in the Tandridge local authority.
What is the population of Caterham?
Caterham has an approximate settlement population of 20,957.
How deprived is Caterham?
The Tandridge local authority, which includes Caterham, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.