Kingston upon Thames

10°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 8° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

• 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

705 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour196
• Violence & sexual offences186
• Shoplifting118
• Other theft45

Neighbourhood team: Kingston Town · Metropolitan

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

264 reported road collisions (2025)

72 killed or seriously injured · 327 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 412 rated 4–5 ★ (342 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Kingston (0.3 km)
• 90 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£735,548 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Elmbridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,891 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,264
• 2 bed £1,589
• 3 bed £1,937

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

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

1,862 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: 154.9p · BP (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Canbury Park Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres11
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches71
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

138,754 residents in Elmbridge · 1,460/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,017
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,513
• Net moves+504

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 292 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,558 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 60,100)

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

56 schools · 23,537 pupils

28 primary · 5 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 12 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Elmbridge

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 114 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

608 applications decided

84% granted · 511 granted, 97 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ed Davey

Liberal Democrat

Kingston and Surbiton

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 9
• LD 20
• Ref 2
• Oth 16

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

• Schools25
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens62
• Restaurants & cafés154

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,455 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

808 jobs advertised · £42,699 avg

e.g. Tenancy Support Worker, Plumbing Engineer, Specialist Support Worker - Community Integration lead

Source: Adzuna

£970 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

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

55% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Gas 31% · Imports 14% · Nuclear 8%

145 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.8 yrs women · 83.1 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

6 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in KT2

• Canbury & Berrylands Surgery
• Fairhill Medical Practice
• Churchill Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kingston and Surbiton:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU3,204 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases286 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks248 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death238 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND236 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Tiffin School · 0.2 km

  Tiffin School is a boys' grammar school in Kingston upon Thames, England. It has specialist status in both the performing arts and languages. The school moved from voluntary aided status to become an Academy School on…

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  Hundred of Kingston · 0.2 km

  The Hundred of Kingston or Kingston Hundred was an ancient hundred in the north east of the county of Surrey, England. Its area has been mostly absorbed by the growth of London and its name currently refers to both th…

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  Outside the Box Comedy Club · 0.2 km

  Outside the Box is a comedy club located in the backroom of The Fighting Cocks pub in Kingston-upon-Thames. It was opened in November 2006 by comedian Maff Brown.

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  Kingston Grammar School · 0.3 km

  Kingston Grammar School is a private co-educational day school in Kingston upon Thames, England. The school was founded by royal charter in 1561 but can trace its roots back to at least the 13th century. It is a regis…

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  Kingston railway station (England) · 0.3 km

  Kingston railway station is in Kingston upon Thames in south-west London. It is 12 miles 9 chains (19.5 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railw…

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  Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames · 0.3 km

  Kingston-upon-Thames was a local government district in north east Surrey, England from 1835 to 1965 around the town now known as Kingston upon Thames. It was alternatively known as Kingston on Thames. It was a munici…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)