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Salfords

Salfords is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 4,534. It has around 1 pharmacy, 15 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Salfords, 0.3 km away. There were around 61 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 Salfords 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
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 54th of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability17
Affordable rents20
Good schools85
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation87
Employment86
Low council tax18

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

17°CMist

  • Today: 24° / 17° · 48% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Lambeth - Streatham Green, United Kingdom

Crime

65 reported · July 2026 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Criminal damage & arson9
  • Public order9
  • Anti-social behaviour6

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Salfords, Earlswood & Whitebushes · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour. This can take a number of different forms, however, this behaviour decreases feelings of safety and discourages vi…

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

110 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 81 rated 4–5 ★ (63 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Salfords (0.6 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Salfords (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£480,481 average 0.4% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-06

Detached£916,670
Semi-detached£538,541
Terraced£427,920
Flat£267,826

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: 182.9p · Esso (5.5 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Horley Road (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches27
  • Playgrounds5

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)

A £1,711
B £1,996
C £2,281
D £2,567
E £3,137
F £3,707
G £4,278
H £5,133

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 15 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

Your MP

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat

Dorking and Horley

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Con 16
  • LD 4
  • Grn 15
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens59
  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

40 jobs advertised · £34,233 avg

e.g. Bank Occupational Therapist - SE Surrey, Become a Law Tutor in Salfords – Flexible & Remote, Yard Operative

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

Grid electricity

23% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Imports 12% · Wind 10% · Nuclear 8%

266 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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 Dorking and Horley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Salfords · 0.3 km

    Salfords SAL-fudz) is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Redhill on the A23 London to Brighton road. The village is within the civil pa…

  • Salfords railway station · 0.6 km

    Salfords railway station serves the village of Salfords in Surrey, England. The station is sometimes shown as Salfords (Surrey) in timetables to differentiate it from the two stations in Salford, Greater Manchester. I…

  • Salfords and Sidlow · 1.2 km

    Salfords and Sidlow is a civil parish in the Reigate and Banstead borough of Surrey, England. It has a population of 3,069. The parish includes the villages of Salfords and Sidlow.

  • Reigate Hundred · 1.6 km

    Reigate was a hundred in the historic county of Surrey, England. It was geographically consonant with the southern two thirds of the current Borough of Reigate and Banstead together with two parishes in Tandridge and…

  • East Surrey Hospital · 1.7 km

    East Surrey Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in the Whitebushes area to the south of Redhill, in Surrey, England. It is managed by the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

  • Redhill F.C. · 1.7 km

    Redhill F.C. is an English football club based in Redhill, Surrey. The club are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South and play at Kiln Brow. The club is affiliated to the Surrey Coun…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Salfords?
Salfords is a town in Surrey, England, in the Reigate and Banstead local authority.
What is the population of Salfords?
Salfords has an approximate settlement population of 4,534.
How deprived is Salfords?
The Reigate and Banstead local authority, which includes Salfords, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.