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Laleham

Laleham is a town or village in Surrey county of England. It has around 9 restaurants and cafés, 2 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, 22 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Staines, 1.9 km away. There were around 28 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 Laleham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Spelthorne area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,955 residents at roughly 2,294 people per km².

Council
Spelthorne
County
Surrey
Constituency
Spelthorne
Police force
Surrey
43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 196th of 294 English council areas — better than 33% of them.

Low crime44
Home affordability10
Affordable rents11
Good schools58
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation63
Employment41
Low council tax26

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°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 82% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

30 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Public order4
  • Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Shepperton & Laleham · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • ASB affecting local pubs
  • Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) From our public engagements with the community, it’s been identified that it is early hours of th…

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

Road safety

197 reported road collisions (2024)

47 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 19.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

401 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 335 rated 4–5 ★ (275 top)
  • 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Staines (2.7 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Staines (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£429,916 average 4.7% YoY

Across Spelthorne · to 2026-06

Detached£777,762
Semi-detached£522,630
Terraced£417,015
Flat£265,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,661 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,206
  • 2 bed £1,549
  • 3 bed £1,801

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

Affordability

12.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.2 times median annual pay (12.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.7 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

119 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Penton Hook Marina (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches24
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,955 residents in Spelthorne · 2,294/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 201 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,526 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (34% of 44,710)

A £1,684
B £1,965
C £2,246
D £2,526
E £3,088
F £3,649
G £4,211
H £5,053

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

Schools

34 schools · 14,893 pupils

21 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 9 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

28inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Thomas Knyvett CollegeRequires improvement
  • St Paul's Catholic College
  • Thamesmead School
  • The Bishop Wand Church of England School
  • The Matthew Arnold School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Spelthorne

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

  • In a conservation area (Laleham Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

123 applications decided

78.9% granted · 97 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lincoln Jopp

Conservative

Spelthorne

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoMotion to sit in private
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 6
  • Con 14
  • LD 11
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

35 jobs advertised · £45,217 avg

e.g. Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£877 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,756 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,886 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

29% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Gas 34% · Wind 15% · Biomass 11%

172 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile6.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)5.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spelthorne:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Staines & Lammas (Middlesex) F.C. · 0.2 km

    Staines & Lammas (Middlesex) Football Club is a football club based in the town of Staines-upon-Thames. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex Football Association. They currently play in the Combined Counties League…

  • Laleham · 0.3 km

    Laleham is a village on the River Thames, in the borough of Spelthorne, about 17 mi (27 km) west of central London, England. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, it was transferred to Surrey in 1965. Laleham…

  • Burway Rowing Club · 0.6 km

    Burway Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at Thameside, Laleham, Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey.

  • Sir William Perkins's School Boat Club · 0.6 km

    Sir William Perkins's School Boat Club (SWPSBC) is a rowing club based on the River Thames at Sir William Perkins's School Boathouse, Thameside, Laleham, Surrey.

  • Penton Hook Island · 0.9 km

    Penton Hook Island is a mainly wooded former peninsula created into a series of three weir-divided islands in the River Thames in England, so created in river modifications since 1815 with a navigable lock and weir st…

  • Penton Hook Lock · 0.9 km

    Penton Hook Lock is the sixth lowest lock of forty four on the non-tidal reaches of the River Thames in England. It faces an island which was until its construction a pronounced meander and is on the site of its seaso…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Laleham?
Laleham is a town in Surrey, England, in the Spelthorne local authority.
How deprived is Laleham?
The Spelthorne local authority, which includes Laleham, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.