Croydon

7°CMist

• Today: 12° / 7° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:32

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

87US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

61 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Vehicle crime9
• Burglary3

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

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

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

300 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 411 casualties · 19.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

236 food businesses within 2 miles

• 196 rated 4–5 ★ (147 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Woodmansterne (0.6 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£485,856 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,640 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,142
• 2 bed £1,483
• 3 bed £1,818

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

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

1,873 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 (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (11.7 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Vincent Road (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches37
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,846 residents in Reigate and Banstead · 1,168/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,740
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,661
• Net moves+79

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 64,920)

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

61 schools · 23,894 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reigate and Banstead

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

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

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

226 applications decided

90.3% granted · 204 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Paul

Conservative

Reigate

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 16
• LD 4
• Grn 15
• Oth 10

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,237 jobs advertised · £42,947 avg

e.g. Generator Engineer, Class 1 Driver Royal Mail, Bench Joiner & Site Installer

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 9%

164 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

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

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CR5

• Old Coulsdon Medical Practice
• Bramley Avenue Surgery
• Spc Health Pcn Ehub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death762 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND299 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children225 local signatures · 9,763 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth221 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks203 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Chipstead, Surrey · 0.2 km

  Chipstead is a predominantly commuter village in the Reigate and Banstead district, in north-east Surrey, England, that has been a small ecclesiastical parish since the Domesday Survey of 1086. Its rolling landscape m…

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  Woodmansterne railway station · 0.6 km

  Woodmansterne railway station is a railway station which primarily serves the western areas of Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, England. Situated on the Tattenham Corner line, it is 17 miles 40 chains (28.2…

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  Cane Hill Hospital · 0.9 km

  Cane Hill Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. The hospital motto was "Aversos compono animos". The hospital was built in the 1880s, but from the 1960s its use was starting…

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  Chipstead railway station · 1.0 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.…

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  Woodmansterne · 1.3 km

  Woodmansterne is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, bordering Greater London, England. It sits on a small plateau of and a southern down slope of the North Downs and its ecclesiastical parish bo…

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  Ruffett and Big Woods · 1.4 km

  Ruffett Wood and Big Wood are adjoining woods with a total area of 7 hectares on the border of the London Borough of Sutton, close to the village of Woodmansterne. Big Wood is to the south and Ruffett Wood is to the n…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)