Caterham

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:30

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Tooting High Street, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

95 reported · August 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Public order11

6 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Caterham Valley, Harestone & Valley · Surrey

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

261 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 362 casualties · 29.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

166 food businesses within 2 miles

• 150 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£506,774 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,637 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,159
• 2 bed £1,467
• 3 bed £1,833

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

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

1,079 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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (9.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,874 residents in Tandridge · 354/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,599
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,180
• Net moves+419

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

47 schools · 15,578 pupils

24 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tandridge

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

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

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

202 applications decided

80.7% granted · 163 granted, 39 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Source: UK Parliament

Independent (minority)

• Con 5
• LD 12
• Ref 1
• Oth 25

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

133 jobs advertised · £35,003 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Surrey, Front of House Supervisor, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£837 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

197 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

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

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CR3

• Caterham Valley Medical Practice
• Caterham Dene Rac
• Cesp Glaucoma (Canterbury)

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death695 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND273 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission238 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases237 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks224 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  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,…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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)