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South Ascot

South Ascot is a village in Surrey, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 2 bus stops, and is near Ascot railway station, 2.6 km away. There were around 12 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 South Ascot area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Surrey Heath area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 90,452 residents at roughly 951 people per km².

Council
Surrey Heath
County
Surrey
Constituency
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
65/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 45th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime84
Home affordability13
Affordable rents21
Good schools75
Life expectancy92
Low deprivation97
Employment82
Low council tax15

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

13°CClear

  • Today: 23° / 11° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

16 reported · July 2026 129% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Vehicle crime3
  • Other theft2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: The Six Villages · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Violence Against Women and Girls
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) and Drug activity in Bagshot

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

Road safety

191 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 243 casualties · 21.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

177 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 133 rated 4–5 ★ (115 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ascot (2.6 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bagshot (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£461,396 average 6.1% YoY

Across Surrey Heath · to 2026-06

Detached£798,573
Semi-detached£461,210
Terraced£373,148
Flat£235,244

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,508 average monthly rent 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,040
  • 2 bed £1,339
  • 3 bed £1,618

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

Affordability

11.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.8 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (11.1 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

46 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Nurture Landscapes LTD (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches14
  • Golf courses3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

90,452 residents in Surrey Heath · 951/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 309 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,585 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 38,650)

A £1,723
B £2,011
C £2,298
D £2,585
E £3,160
F £3,734
G £4,309
H £5,170

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

Schools

36 schools · 12,674 pupils

25 primary · 4 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Tomlinscote SchoolOutstanding
  • Kings International CollegeGood
  • Collingwood College
  • Gordon's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Surrey Heath

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
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

128 applications decided

85.9% granted · 110 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 6
  • LD 23
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

123 jobs advertised · £40,657 avg

e.g. Restaurant Manager 5 Star Hotel Up to £53k Package, Food and Beverage Manager, Assistant Restaurant Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£915 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,840 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 · 38,488 certificates

6.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidenhead:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hurst Lodge School · 0.5 km

    Hurst Lodge School, established in 1945, is an independent school originally based in Ascot, Berkshire, England, for girls and boys aged three to eighteen, with about 250 children of all ages. The school is now locate…

  • Windlesham Moor · 0.7 km

    Windlesham Moor is a country house and, for a time in the 20th century a royal residence, at Windlesham in the English county of Surrey. In its capacity as a royal residence, it was, for nearly two years in the late 1…

  • Lilly Research Centre · 1.1 km

    The Lilly Research Centre is a medical research centre in Surrey. It is the European headquarters of Eli Lilly and Company.

  • St Mary's School Ascot · 1.2 km

    St Mary's School Ascot is a Roman Catholic independent day and boarding school for girls in Ascot, Berkshire, England. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. It was named 2015 "Public School of the Year" at…

  • Berystede · 1.3 km

    The Berystede is a hotel in the village of South Ascot, Berkshire, England.

  • Charters School · 1.5 km

    Charters School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Sunningdale, Berkshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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