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West Molesey

West Molesey is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 18,565. It has 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 35 restaurants and cafés, 28 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Hampton, 1.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £530,130, and there were around 79 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 West Molesey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Elmbridge area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 138,754 residents at roughly 1,460 people per km².

Council
Elmbridge
County
Surrey
Constituency
Esher and Walton
Police force
Surrey
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 37th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime84
Home affordability1
Affordable rents8
Good schools95
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation99
Employment74
Low council tax20

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

12°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 13° / 9° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:31

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

64 reported · August 2026▼ 34% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences34
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Other theft5

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: West Molesey · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) is a priority across the Borough. ASB can have a significant impact on local communities and include…
  • Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains a key borough-wide priority. Encompassing a broad range of offences and harmful behaviour…

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

Road safety

264 reported road collisions (2025)

72 killed or seriously injured · 327 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

386 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 299 rated 4–5 ★ (227 top)
  • 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hampton (1.9 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hampton (1.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£735,548 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Elmbridge · to 2026-08

Detached£1,566,899
Semi-detached£714,818
Terraced£573,804
Flat£345,639

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,891 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,264
  • 2 bed £1,589
  • 3 bed £1,937

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

Affordability

15.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 15.7 times median annual pay (15.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,862 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.5 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-West Molesey Hurst Road (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches26
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

138,754 residents in Elmbridge · 1,460/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,017
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,513
  • Net moves+504

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 292 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,558 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 60,100)

A £1,705
B £1,989
C £2,274
D £2,558
E £3,126
F £3,695
G £4,263
H £5,116

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

Schools

56 schools · 23,537 pupils

28 primary · 5 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 12 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Hinchley Wood SchoolOutstanding
  • Esher Church of England High School
  • Heathside School
  • Heathside Walton-on-Thames
  • Three Rivers Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Elmbridge

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

608 applications decided

84% granted · 511 granted, 97 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Monica Harding

Liberal Democrat

Esher and Walton

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Con 9
  • LD 20
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 16

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens146
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,455 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

94 jobs advertised · £37,907 avg

e.g. Business Manager, HGV Workshop Manager, Technical Support Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£970 median full-time weekly pay

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

£51,161 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,061 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 34% · Imports 8% · Solar 8%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.8 yrs women · 83.1 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in KT8

  • Glenlyn Medical Centre
  • Vine Medical Centre
  • Community Medical Team - East Elmbridge

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Esher and Walton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bessborough Reservoir · 0.5 km

    The Bessborough Reservoir is an embanked storage reservoir south of the River Thames in Surrey adjacent to the Knight Reservoir. To the south lies Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir and to the north the now disused Molesey…

  • Molesey F.C. · 0.8 km

    Molesey Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in West Molesey, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Walton Road.

  • Knight and Bessborough Reservoirs · 0.9 km

    Knight and Bessborough Reservoirs is a 63.4-hectare (157-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site and Special Protecti…

  • Knight Reservoir · 0.9 km

    The Knight Reservoir is a large pumped storage reservoir located in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey. It was inaugurated in 1907 and stores up to 2,180 million litres of raw water abstracted from the River Thames pr…

  • Molesey Heath · 1.0 km

    Molesey Heath is a 17.8-hectare (44-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Molesey in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Elmbridge Borough Council.

  • Molesey Reservoirs · 1.0 km

    The Molesey Reservoirs were a group of reservoirs in England near Molesey, Surrey, in the western suburbs of London. There was an adjacent water treatment works.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is West Molesey?
West Molesey is a town in Surrey, England, in the Elmbridge local authority.
What is the population of West Molesey?
West Molesey has an approximate settlement population of 18,565.
How deprived is West Molesey?
The Elmbridge local authority, which includes West Molesey, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.