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South Godstone

South Godstone is a town or village in Surrey, England. It has 1 restaurant & café, 9 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Godstone, 0.3 km away. There were around 7 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 Godstone area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tandridge area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,874 residents at roughly 354 people per km².

Council
Tandridge
County
Surrey
Constituency
East Surrey
Police force
Surrey
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 63rd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability7
Affordable rents10
Good schools95
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation81
Employment65
Low council tax14

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

11°CClear

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:28

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

Crime

15 reported · July 2026 67% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Burglary1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Bletchingley, Nutfield & Godstone · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social driving involving E-Bikes and E-Scooters in the local area causing alarm and distress to other road users and pedestrians.
  • All crime relating to our rural communities including poaching, fly grazing and fly tipping.

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

Road safety

234 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 339 casualties · 26.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

10 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Godstone (0.3 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Godstone (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£475,344 average 5.6% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-06

Detached£853,458
Semi-detached£460,542
Terraced£387,546
Flat£243,121

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,634 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,156
  • 2 bed £1,464
  • 3 bed £1,828

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

Affordability

13.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.2 times median annual pay (15.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (11.3 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: The Bell (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,874 residents in Tandridge · 354/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 258 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 38,200)

A £1,730
B £2,018
C £2,307
D £2,595
E £3,171
F £3,748
G £4,325
H £5,190

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

Schools

47 schools · 15,578 pupils

24 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • de Stafford SchoolGood
  • Oxted SchoolGood
  • Warlingham School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tandridge

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
  • 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

147 applications decided

83.7% granted · 123 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent (minority)

  • Con 5
  • LD 12
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 25

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £40,875 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Surveyor/Estimator, Food & Beverage Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£837 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,590 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,414 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

64% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 7%

148 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Godstone railway station · 0.3 km

    Godstone railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Godstone in Surrey, England. It is 28 miles 13 chains measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill. The Bletchingley Tunnel, is less than one m…

  • Tilburstow Hill · 2.2 km

    Tilburstow Hill is a 9-hectare (22-acre) nature reserve south-east of Godstone in Surrey.

  • Tandridge · 2.3 km

    Tandridge is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge District, in the county of Surrey, England. Its nucleus is on a rise of the Greensand Ridge between Oxted and Godstone. It includes, towards its middle one name…

  • Graeme Hendrey Wood · 2.4 km

    Graeme Hendrey Wood is a 10-hectare (25-acre) nature reserve east of Bletchingley in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Godstone Ponds · 2.4 km

    Godstone Ponds is a 13.6-hectare (34-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Godstone in Surrey. Bay Pond is an educational nature reserve closed to the public which is managed by the Surrey Wildlife T…

  • Crowhurst Yew · 2.8 km

    The Crowhurst Yew is a yew tree in the churchyard of St George's Church in Crowhurst, Surrey, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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