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Godstone

Godstone is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 2,564. There is 1 restaurant or café and 15 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Caterham, 3.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £509,457, and in June 2026, there were around 35 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Godstone area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tandridge area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). 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 56th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime87
Home affordability7
Affordable rents11
Good schools95
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation80
Employment74
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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:29

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

30 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour13
  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Other theft2
  • Shoplifting2

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Bletchingley, Nutfield & Godstone · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social driving involving E-Bikes and E-Scooters in the local area causing alarm and distress to other road users and pedestrians.
  • All crime relating to our rural communities including poaching, fly grazing and fly tipping.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

35 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 31 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Godstone (3.5 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Godstone (3.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£506,774 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-08

Detached£910,876
Semi-detached£491,655
Terraced£415,085
Flat£257,553

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (9.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: The Bell (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches19
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

32 inspected 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

1,403 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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (GODSTONE (THE GREEN))
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

202 applications decided

80.7% granted · 163 granted, 39 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

30 jobs advertised · £41,568 avg

e.g. Administrator, BANK Learning Support Care Assistant, Joiner / Cabinet Maker

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 4%

203 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in RH9

  • Pond Tail Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 1929 Luft Hansa Junkers G 24 crash · 0.1 km

    The 1929 Luft Hansa Junkers G.24 crash occurred on 6 November 1929 when a Junkers G 24 of Luft Hansa crashed at Godstone, Surrey, United Kingdom while on an international scheduled flight from Croydon, Surrey, United…

  • Bay Pond · 0.4 km

    Bay Pond is a 7-hectare (17-acre) nature reserve in Godstone in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. It is part of Godstone Ponds Site of Special Scientific Interest

  • Godstone · 0.4 km

    Godstone is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Reigate, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Oxted, 22 miles (35 km) east of Guildford and 18 miles (29 km) sout…

  • A25 road · 0.7 km

    The A25 road is an east–west main road in the South-East of England. Its carries traffic east from Guildford, Surrey, eastward through Surrey and into mid-west Kent, to the town of Sevenoaks, and then on to Wrotham He…

  • Godstone Ponds · 1.2 km

    Godstone Ponds is a 13.6-hectare (34-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Godstone in Surrey. Bay Pond is an educational nature reserve closed to the public which is managed by the Surrey Wildlife T…

  • Tandridge Hundred · 1.4 km

    Tandridge Hundred was a hundred in Surrey, England. It comprised areas in the Tandridge District, the easternmost part of the county, bordering Kent, West Sussex and the 1965-created county of Greater London.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Godstone?
Godstone is a town in Surrey, England, in the Tandridge local authority.
What is the population of Godstone?
Godstone has an approximate settlement population of 2,564.
How deprived is Godstone?
The Tandridge local authority, which includes Godstone, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.