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Cobham (Elmbridge)

Cobham (Elmbridge) is a town or village in Surrey, England. It has 10 bus stops, 1 pharmacy, around 3 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Oxshott, 0.6 km away. In June 2026, there were around 23 recorded street crimes, 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 Cobham (Elmbridge) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Elmbridge area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 138,754 residents at roughly 1,460 people per km².

Council
Elmbridge
County
Surrey
Constituency
Esher and Walton
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 rents9
Good schools95
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation98
Employment78
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 16° · 91% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

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

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

Crime

11 reported · July 2026 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Drugs2
  • Public order1

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Cobham & Oxshott · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a Borough-wide priority. VAWG describes behaviours which are committed primarily, although not…
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) is a Borough-wide priority. ASB is behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or distress to other people. It ca…

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

Road safety

280 reported road collisions (2024)

74 killed or seriously injured · 331 casualties · 20.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

89 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 79 rated 4–5 ★ (70 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Oxshott (0.6 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Oxshott (0.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£743,525 average 2.1% YoY

Across Elmbridge · to 2026-06

Detached£1,564,668
Semi-detached£722,021
Terraced£576,486
Flat£356,229

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,867 average monthly rent 1.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,247
  • 2 bed £1,569
  • 3 bed £1,912

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

112 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Beaufield Homes LTD (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools65
  • Sports pitches57
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 310 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

37inspected 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

1,391 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
  • 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

351 applications decided

76.6% granted · 269 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Ben Spencer

Conservative

Runnymede and Weybridge

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

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£970 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

8% low-carbon electricity

Imports 71% · Gas 21% · Wind 8% · Hydro 0%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.8 yrs women · 83.1 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runnymede and Weybridge:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath · 0.5 km

    Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath is a 1,130.5-hectare (2,794-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Camberley and Woking in Surrey, England. Part of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.…

  • Oxshott railway station · 0.6 km

    Oxshott railway station serves the village of Oxshott, in Surrey, England. It is 16 miles 79 chains (27.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western R…

  • Oxshott · 0.7 km

    Oxshott is a suburban village in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England. Oxshott includes hilly acidic heath which is partly wooded and occupies the land between the large towns of Esher and Leatherhead. The Oxsh…

  • Little Heath, Surrey · 0.7 km

    Little Heath, sometimes spelt as "Littleheath", is an area of Cobham in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England. It borders the nearby villages of Oxshott and Stoke d'Abernon.

  • Oxshott Heath and Woods · 0.9 km

    Oxshott Heath and Woods is an area of woods and heathland in Oxshott, Surrey, England covering approximately 200 acres (81 ha), as an area of common land. It is owned by a local authority, however historic rights of a…

  • Reed's School · 1.1 km

    Reed's School is an independent secondary day and boarding school for boys with a co-educational sixth form located in Cobham, Surrey, England. There are currently around 700 day pupils and 100 full-time boarders. The…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Cobham (Elmbridge)?
Cobham (Elmbridge) is a town in Surrey, England, in the Elmbridge local authority.
How deprived is Cobham (Elmbridge)?
The Elmbridge local authority, which includes Cobham (Elmbridge), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.