Hooley
Hooley is a town or village in Surrey, England, with 9 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Chipstead, 2.2km away. It has around 1 restaurant and café. There were around 22 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hooley area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Reigate and Banstead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 150,846 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².
- Council
- Reigate and Banstead
- County
- Surrey
- Constituency
- Reigate
- Police force
- Surrey
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 54th of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.
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: 21° / 16° · 88% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · 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
53US AQI · Moderate
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Lavender Hill (Clapham Jct), United Kingdom
Crime
11 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences5
- Anti-social behaviour2
- Criminal damage & arson2
- Drugs1
5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Chipstead, Lower Kingswood, Hooley & Netherne · Surrey
Local policing priorities
- Vehicle Crime. The northern wards in the borough have often been targeted by cross border criminals. Offending can be opportunistic, such…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
292 reported road collisions (2024)
70 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
65 food businesses within 2 miles
- 57 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Chipstead (1.9 km)
- 9 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Chipstead (2.0 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£480,481 average▲ 0.4% YoY
Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,637 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY
- 1 bed £1,140
- 2 bed £1,480
- 3 bed £1,815
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (5.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9.5 km)
26 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
105 charging locations within ~8 km
- 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: zest-food-card-post (2.6 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres3
- Gyms2
- Swimming pools3
- Sports pitches38
- Golf courses2
- Playgrounds4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
150,846 residents in Reigate and Banstead · 1,168/km²
- Under 16: 20%
- 16–64: 62%
- 65+: 18%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 276 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
61 schools · 23,894 pupils
35 primary · 6 secondary · 20 other
Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)
47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Carrington SchoolGood
- Merstham Park SchoolGood
- Reigate SchoolGood
- The Beacon SchoolRequires improvement
- Oakwood School
- St Bede's School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reigate and Banstead
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
- 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
198 applications decided
88.4% granted · 175 granted, 23 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Con 16
- LD 4
- Grn 15
- Oth 10
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Parks & greens17
- Restaurants & cafés3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
7,760 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
11 jobs advertised · £31,833 avg
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Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Health
Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men
61% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test381 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office298 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership249 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Hooley · 0.1 kmHooley is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. Within its small grid of streets is the 13th-century church of Chipstead which has been, since time immemorial, its ecclesiastical parish.…
Chipstead F.C. · 0.5 kmChipstead Football Club is a football club based in Chipstead, near Banstead, in Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, they are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premie…
Tooting Bec F.C. · 0.5 kmTooting Bec Football Club is a football club based in Tooting Bec, Greater London, England. The first team are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and groundshare at High Road, home of…
Shabden Park · 0.8 kmShabden Park is a 103-hectare (250-acre) nature reserve in Chipstead in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council who manage the woodland areas, while the Surrey Wildlife Trust manage the grassland. The park is par…
- Coulsdon Town F.C. · 1.4 km
Coulsdon Town Football Club was a football club based in Coulsdon, Greater London, England.
- Netherne Hospital · 1.5 km
Netherne Hospital, formerly The Surrey County Asylum at Netherne or Netherne Asylum was a psychiatric hospital in Hooley, Surrey in the United Kingdom.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hooley?
- Hooley is a town in Surrey, England, in the Reigate and Banstead local authority.
- How deprived is Hooley?
- The Reigate and Banstead local authority, which includes Hooley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.