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Hammer

Hammer is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 1,000, 20 bus stops, and the nearest railway station being Haslemere, 2.4 km away. It has 1 park or green and 6 restaurants or cafés. There were around 17 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 Hammer area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Waverley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 128,227 residents at roughly 372 people per km².

Council
Waverley
County
Surrey
Constituency
South West Surrey
Police force
Surrey
65/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 44th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability6
Affordable rents28
Good schools51
Life expectancy95
Low deprivation99
Employment96
Low council tax10

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

21°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 89% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:24

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

18 reported · July 2026 25% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Other theft3
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Fernhurst · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), particularly at times of seasonal demand and local events
  • Thefts from motor vehicles in rural areas and car parks

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

Road safety

186 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

91 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 80 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Haslemere (2.3 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Haslemere (2.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£560,596 average 0.8% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-06

Detached£936,984
Semi-detached£546,333
Terraced£427,053
Flat£282,071

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,450 average monthly rent 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,051
  • 2 bed £1,346
  • 3 bed £1,624

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

Affordability

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · BP (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Holy Cross Hospital (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches32
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

128,227 residents in Waverley · 372/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 313 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,605 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 57,540)

A £1,737
B £2,026
C £2,315
D £2,605
E £3,184
F £3,763
G £4,341
H £5,210

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

Schools

75 schools · 24,691 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Broadwater SchoolGood
  • Farnham Heath EndGood
  • Glebelands SchoolGood
  • Weydon SchoolGood
  • All Hallows Catholic School
  • Rodborough
  • Woolmer Hill School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waverley

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
  • 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

325 applications decided

89.8% granted · 292 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Andrew Griffith

Conservative

Arundel and South Downs

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Con 10
  • LD 24
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 14

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Become a Maths Tutor in Hammer – Flexible & Remote, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Hammer – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£958 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,616 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 · 58,504 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Imports 27% · Solar 17% · Biomass 6%

198 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arundel and South Downs:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hammer Bottom · 0.6 km

    Hammer Bottom or Hammer Vale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bramshott and Liphook, in the East Hampshire district in the county of Hampshire, England. Hammer Bottom lies at the meeting point of the counties of Ham…

  • Woolmer Hill · 0.8 km

    Woolmer Hill is an area of high ground in the south-west corner of Surrey, England in the Borough of Waverley abutting Hampshire to the west and West Sussex to the south. It is in the circa 1900-founded parish of Shot…

  • Woolmer Hill School · 1.2 km

    Woolmer Hill School, formerly Woolmer Hill Technology College, is the main secondary school in the area of Haslemere, Surrey.

  • Shottermill & Haslemere F.C. · 1.4 km

    Shottermill & Haslemere Football Club is a football club based in Haslemere, Surrey, England. The club are currently members of the Surrey Intermediate League Premier Division and play at Haslemere Recreational Ground.

  • Linchmere · 1.4 km

    Linchmere, also spelled Lynchmere, is a village and a civil parish, the northernmost parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is between Haslemere and Liphook, south of the B2131 road. As well as…

  • Lynchmere Commons · 1.7 km

    Lynchmere Commons is a 122-hectare (300-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Lynchmere in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by the Lynchmere Society.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hammer?
Hammer is a town in Surrey, England, in the Waverley local authority.
How deprived is Hammer?
The Waverley local authority, which includes Hammer, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.