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Chipstead and Woodmansterne

Chipstead and Woodmansterne is a village in Surrey, England. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Chipstead, 1.1 km away. There were around 21 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 Chipstead and Woodmansterne area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Reigate and Banstead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). 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
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 54th of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability17
Affordable rents20
Good schools85
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation87
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

18°CMist

  • Today: 20° / 16° · 91% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:22

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Lavender Hill (Clapham Jct), United Kingdom

Crime

15 reported · July 2026 37% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chipstead, Lower Kingswood, Hooley & Netherne · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle Crime. The northern wards in the borough have often been targeted by cross border criminals. Offending can be opportunistic, such…

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

Road safety

292 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

84 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 70 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chipstead (1.1 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chipstead (1.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£480,481 average 0.4% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-06

Detached£916,670
Semi-detached£538,541
Terraced£427,920
Flat£267,826

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,637 average monthly rent 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,140
  • 2 bed £1,480
  • 3 bed £1,815

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: zest-food-card-post (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches24
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

47inspected 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

1,391 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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

198 applications decided

88.4% granted · 175 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chipstead F.C. · 0.8 km

    Chipstead Football Club is a football club based in Chipstead, near Banstead, in Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, they are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premie…

  • Tooting Bec F.C. · 0.8 km

    Tooting Bec Football Club is a football club based in Tooting Bec, Greater London, England. The first team are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and groundshare at High Road, home of…

  • Shabden Park · 0.8 km

    Shabden Park is a 103-hectare (250-acre) nature reserve in Chipstead in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council who manage the woodland areas, while the Surrey Wildlife Trust manage the grassland. The park is par…

  • Hooley · 0.8 km

    Hooley is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. Within its small grid of streets is the 13th-century church of Chipstead which has been, since time immemorial, its ecclesiastical parish.…

  • Chipstead railway station · 1.1 km

    Chipstead railway station serves the village of Chipstead in Surrey. It is a late-Victorian station on the Tattenham Corner Line and was opened in 1897. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern.…

  • Fames Rough · 1.1 km

    Fames Rough is a 23-hectare (57-acre) nature reserve south-west of Chipstead in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust and is part of the Chipstead Downs Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chipstead and Woodmansterne?
Chipstead and Woodmansterne is a town in Surrey, England, in the Reigate and Banstead local authority.
How deprived is Chipstead and Woodmansterne?
The Reigate and Banstead local authority, which includes Chipstead and Woodmansterne, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.