Whyteleafe
Whyteleafe is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 3,315. The area features 1 pharmacy and 8 restaurants and cafés, along with 32 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Upper Warlingham, 0.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £365,678, and in June 2026, there were around 67 recorded street crimes, 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 Whyteleafe area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Tandridge area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 87,874 residents at roughly 354 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 56th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.
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
9°COvercast
- Today: 11° / 6° · 20% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:27
9h 27m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
63US AQI · Moderate
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Tooting High Street, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
68 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences16
- Anti-social behaviour14
- Shoplifting14
- Vehicle crime6
4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Caterham on the Hill, Chaldon, Whyteleafe & Portley · Surrey
Local policing priorities
- The Caterham Hill area has seen a spike in recorded burglary offences, likely due to the vicinity of the strategic road network and cross…
- Anti-Social driving involving E-Bikes and E-Scooters in the local area causing alarm and distress to other road users and pedestrians.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
261 reported road collisions (2025)
61 killed or seriously injured · 362 casualties · 29.7 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
298 food businesses within 2 miles
- 261 rated 4–5 ★ (222 top)
- 8 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Whyteleafe (0.3 km)
- 29 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Whyteleafe (0.3 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail
House prices
£506,774 average▼ 1.1% YoY
Across Tandridge · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,637 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY
- 1 bed £1,159
- 2 bed £1,467
- 3 bed £1,833
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
1,079 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: 152.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
14 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
127 charging locations within ~8 km
- 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: Whyteleafe Railway Station (0.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres4
- Swimming pools6
- Sports pitches22
- Playgrounds2
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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,599
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,180
- Net moves+419
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 236 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band D (24% of 38,200)
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%)
32 inspected 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
1,403 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
- 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
202 applications decided
80.7% granted · 163 granted, 39 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Claire Coutinho
Conservative
East Surrey
Recent votes:
- NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
- AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
- NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
- NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
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
- Schools11
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens11
- Restaurants & cafés10
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,460 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
9 jobs advertised · £32,763 avg
e.g. Centre Manager, Construction Administration Manager, CRM & Customer Manager
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£837 median full-time weekly pay
2.5% 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
50% low-carbon electricity
Gas 49% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 5%
200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 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
Health services
4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CR3
- Caterham Valley Medical Practice
- Caterham Dene Rac
- Cesp Glaucoma (Canterbury)
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Whyteleafe · 0.1 kmWhyteleafe is a village in the district of Tandridge, Surrey, England, with a few streets falling inside the London Borough of Croydon. The village, in a dry valley of the North Downs, has three railway stations. Neig…
- Whyteleafe railway station · 0.3 km
Whyteleafe railway station serves the village of Whyteleafe right on the border of Greater London and Surrey, England. It is 17 miles 58 chains (28.5 km) from Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are o…
- Upper Warlingham railway station · 0.4 km
Upper Warlingham railway station is on the Oxted line serving Warlingham and Whyteleafe in Surrey, England. It is in London fare zone 6, 15 miles 33 chains from London Bridge, although off peak trains run to and from…
Sutton Common Rovers F.C. · 0.5 kmSutton Common Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football club currently competing in the Combined Counties League Premier Division South. Originally based in sutton common, the club moved southwest to Leathe…
Whyteleafe F.C. · 0.5 kmWhyteleafe Football Club was an English football club based in Whyteleafe, Surrey. The club was established in 1946 and joined the Athenian League in 1981. The club was an FA Chartered Standard club affiliated to the…
AFC Whyteleafe · 0.5 kmAFC Whyteleafe is an English football club established in 2021 by Chairman Kelly Waters. From the 2026/27 season the club will compete in the Isthmian League Premier Division, having won the South East Division play-o…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Whyteleafe?
- Whyteleafe is a town in Surrey, England, in the Tandridge local authority.
- What is the population of Whyteleafe?
- Whyteleafe has an approximate settlement population of 3,315.
- How deprived is Whyteleafe?
- The Tandridge local authority, which includes Whyteleafe, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.