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Staines-upon-Thames

Staines-upon-Thames is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 55,000. It has around 7 restaurants and cafés, 5 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Chertsey, 2.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £506,726, and there were around 46 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Staines-upon-Thames area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Runnymede area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 88,079 residents at roughly 1,129 people per km².

Council
Runnymede
County
Surrey
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge
Police force
Surrey
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 122nd of 294 English council areas — better than 59% of them.

Low crime59
Home affordability30
Affordable rents31
Good schools41
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation81
Employment72
Low council tax34

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 26° / 16° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:21

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

Crime

73 reported · July 2026 28% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences27
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Possession of weapons10
  • Public order7

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Thorpe & Hythe · Surrey

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

Road safety

240 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 311 casualties · 27.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

317 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 265 rated 4–5 ★ (224 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chertsey (2.1 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chertsey (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£489,116 average 3.5% YoY

Across Runnymede · to 2026-06

Detached£914,477
Semi-detached£501,866
Terraced£437,768
Flat£258,862

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,579 average monthly rent 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,079
  • 2 bed £1,388
  • 3 bed £1,665

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

Affordability

9.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.8 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8.2 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

85 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Thorpe Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools20
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

88,079 residents in Runnymede · 1,129/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 256 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,493 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 39,440)

A £1,662
B £1,939
C £2,216
D £2,493
E £3,047
F £3,601
G £4,155
H £4,986

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

Schools

41 schools · 15,187 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 13 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Chertsey High SchoolGood
  • Fullbrook School
  • Jubilee High School
  • Salesian School, Chertsey
  • The Magna Carta School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Runnymede

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
  • 96 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

144 applications decided

80.6% granted · 116 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Lab 8
  • Con 12
  • LD 7
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Parks & greens22
  • Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

597 jobs advertised · £40,694 avg

e.g. Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£943 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,396 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,172 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runnymede and Weybridge:

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

Frequently asked questions

Where is Staines-upon-Thames?
Staines-upon-Thames is a town in Surrey, England, in the Runnymede local authority.
How deprived is Staines-upon-Thames?
The Runnymede local authority, which includes Staines-upon-Thames, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.