Hookwood

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:31

9h 35m 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 · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

195 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Possession of weapons27
• Anti-social behaviour26
• Other theft25

13 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Dorking Rural East · Surrey

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

211 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 289 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

240 food businesses within 2 miles

• 194 rated 4–5 ★ (165 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Horley (2.0 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£332,097 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Crawley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,488 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,067
• 2 bed £1,385
• 3 bed £1,642

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

8.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.5 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,069 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 (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Gatwick (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

118,493 residents in Crawley · 2,635/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,980
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,897
• Net moves−917

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 109 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (48% of 47,280)

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

37 schools · 20,758 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 11 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Crawley

991 CQC-registered services

• Care homes342
• GP practices107
• Dentists220
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

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

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

50 applications decided

86% granted · 43 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat

Dorking and Horley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 4
• Ref 11

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens65
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

93 jobs advertised · £45,053 avg

e.g. Mental Health Nurse, IT Sales Specialist, Stores and Warehouse Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£762 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,788 disposable income per head (2024)

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

56% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 45,126 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 30% · Imports 16% · Nuclear 5%

209 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.2
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in RH6

• Wayside Medical Practice
• Modality East Surrey Medical Practice
• Tinsley House Irc

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dorking and Horley:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death577 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks449 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND344 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases311 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth199 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

• 
  Horley Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Horley Town Football Club is a football club based in Horley, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League South East Division and play at the New Defence.

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  Gatwick Stream · 1.0 km

  The Gatwick Stream is a tributary of the River Mole in southern England. The Gatwick Stream rises in Worth Forest below Clays lake in West Sussex, flows northwards through Tilgate Forest, alongside Tilgate golf course…

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  Charlwood House · 1.2 km

  Charlwood House is an early 17th-century timber-framed country house in Lowfield Heath, Crawley, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade II* listed building which is used as a nursery school.

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  Horley · 1.3 km

  Horley is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England, south of the towns of Reigate and Redhill. The county border with West Sussex is to the south with Crawley and Gatwick Airport close to the t…

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  Gatwick Racecourse · 1.8 km

  Gatwick Racecourse was a racecourse in the county of Surrey, England near to Horley and Lowfield Heath. It was in use from 1891 to 1940 when it was closed at the start of the Second World War. The land is now part of…

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  Archway Theatre · 1.9 km

  The Archway Theatre is a unique amateur theatre based in Horley, Surrey, United Kingdom. It is operated by a membership organisation, the Archway Theatre Company. It consists of a 95 seat main auditorium and a 40 seat…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)