South Merstham

19°CMist

• Today: 20° / 16° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:21

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Lavender Hill (Clapham Jct), United Kingdom

118 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences46
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Public order12

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Merstham · Surrey

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

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)

173 food businesses within 2 miles

• 124 rated 4–5 ★ (101 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£480,481 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (3.5 km)

18 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 54 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

198 applications decided

88.4% granted · 175 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

7,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

22 jobs advertised · £39,102 avg

e.g. Become a Latin and Greek Tutor in Merstham – Flexible & Remote, Online Latin and Greek Tutor - Part Time, Datacoms Engineer

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 63% · Gas 25% · Wind 7% · Solar 5%

158 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test381 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office298 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership249 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

• 
  Merstham F.C. · 0.4 km

  Merstham Football Club is a football club based in Merstham, Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey FA, they are currently members of the Isthmian League South East Division and play at Moatside.

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  Merstham · 0.7 km

  Merstham is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies 17 miles south of Charing Cross just beyond the Greater London border. Part of the North Downs Way runs along the northern boundary…

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  Merstham railway station · 0.7 km

  Merstham railway station is in Merstham, Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line, 20 miles 59 chains (33.4 km) measured from London Charing Cross, and train services are currently provided by Southern, who ma…

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  Mercers Lake · 1.1 km

  Mercers Lake is a body of water in Mercers Park, Merstham, near Redhill, Surrey. It is a former quarry that has been adapted for water sports, such as sailing, kayaking, and paddle boarding.

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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

  Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Reigate and the borough also includes the towns of Banstead, Horley and Redhill. Parts of the borough…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)