South Merstham

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:32

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

128 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences48
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Public order13
• Other theft11

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Merstham · Surrey

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

300 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 411 casualties · 19.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

173 food businesses within 2 miles

• 125 rated 4–5 ★ (103 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Merstham (0.7 km)
• 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£485,856 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,640 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,142
• 2 bed £1,483
• 3 bed £1,818

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

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

1,873 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: 152.9p · Esso (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (3.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Halfords Autocentre Redhill (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches28
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,846 residents in Reigate and Banstead · 1,168/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,740
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,661
• Net moves+79

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 64,920)

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

61 schools · 23,894 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reigate and Banstead

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
• 54 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

226 applications decided

90.3% granted · 204 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Claire Coutinho

Conservative

East Surrey

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 16
• LD 4
• Grn 15
• Oth 10

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £35,206 avg

e.g. SEN Teaching assistant- Redhill, Surrey, Tool Fitter, CDP - Reigate

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 12% · Biomass 9%

178 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

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

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

11 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in RH1

• The House Partnership
• Holmhurst Medical Centre
• Hawthorns Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death695 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND273 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission238 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases237 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks224 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Merstham F.C. · 0.4 km

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  Merstham · 0.7 km

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  Merstham railway station · 0.7 km

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  Mercers Lake · 1.1 km

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  East Surrey · 1.1 km

  East Surrey will be a unitary authority area which will be created in Surrey, England on 1 April 2027. It replaces five districts. The local authority will be East Surrey Council.

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  Reigate and Banstead · 1.1 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)