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Hatchford

Hatchford is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 1,000. The nearest railway station is Effingham Junction, 2.1 km away. There were around 3 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 Hatchford 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

18°CMist

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:23

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Public order1

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

77 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 66 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Effingham Junction (2.1 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Effingham Junction (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, 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 (7.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (7.3 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

38 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: IONITY Cobham (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools11
  • Sports pitches17
  • Golf courses1

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 12 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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens5

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 63% · Gas 25% · Wind 7% · Solar 5%

158 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

  • Hatchford · 0.5 km

    Hatchford is a hamlet in the English county of Surrey outside the town of Cobham ; it traditionally includes the contiguous hamlet of Pointers Green.

  • Chatley Heath · 0.9 km

    Chatley Heath is part of a 336 hectares (1.3 sq mi) reserve including Wisley Common, Ockham and parts of Hatchford in Surrey. It is an area consisting of mixed habitats including heathland, ancient woodland and conif…

  • Cobham services · 1.7 km

    Cobham services is a motorway service area on the M25 motorway in Surrey between junctions 9 and 10. It is operated by Extra and was opened for business on 13 September 2012. Its planned opening date was scheduled to…

  • Wisley Airfield · 1.7 km

    Wisley Airfield is a former wartime airfield located in the Parish of Ockham near Wisley in Surrey, England. Originally a grass airstrip used to test aircraft built at Weybridge by Vickers, the runway was converted to…

  • Downside, Surrey · 1.8 km

    Downside is a small village in the English county of Surrey, in the local government district of Elmbridge, centred on Downside Common which is 18 miles (29 km) southwest of London and 8.4 miles (13.5 km) northeast of…

  • Ockham and Wisley Commons · 1.9 km

    Ockham and Wisley Commons is a 266-hectare (660-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woking in Surrey. It is also a Local Nature Reserve and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection A…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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