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Living in Kingston upon Thames

20 neighbourhoods · 99 sub-areas
Updated
Crime vs nat. avg
0.56× nat.
44% below nat. avg · 56.6 / 1k / yr · #119 of 318 cities
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
Commute to hub
9 min
#10 of 318 cities
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
Jobs density
0.44
#138 of 318 cities
ONS BRES · 2024
Avg rent
£1,796/mo
+3.5% YoY · #284 of 314 cities
ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026
Council tax
£238/mo
Estimated (Band D)
MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026
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Neighbourhoods in Kingston upon Thames

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

20 neighbourhoods · 99 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Chessington North£1,487+3.5%6787
Surbiton North£1,502+3.5%4157
Surbiton South£1,527+3.5%4360
Chessington South & Malden Rushett£1,528+3.5%5966
Hook£1,575+3.5%3476
Tolworth£1,690+3.5%1730
Kingston East & Norbiton West£1,740+3.5%6859
Kingston Riverside£1,765+3.5%5560
Motspur Park£1,798+3.5%6382
New Malden West£1,830+3.5%5791
Norbiton East£1,844+3.5%5671
Southborough£1,872+3.5%3073
Malden Manor£1,885+3.5%3777
Kingston Vale & Coombe Hill£1,902+3.5%5490
Kingston North£1,908+3.5%5973
New Malden East£1,921+3.5%6779
Berrylands North£1,942+3.5%5586
Kingston Hill£2,033+3.5%5764
Berrylands South£2,056+3.5%5992
Tudor Drive£2,250+3.5%7097

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Kingston upon Thames

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Kingston upon Thames. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Chessington North£1,487/mo
  2. 2.Surbiton North£1,502/mo
  3. 3.Surbiton South£1,527/mo
  4. 4.Chessington South & Malden Rushett£1,528/mo
  5. 5.Hook£1,575/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Tudor Drive70/100
  2. 2.Kingston East & Norbiton West68/100
  3. 3.New Malden East67/100
  4. 4.Chessington North67/100
  5. 5.Motspur Park63/100
Top 5 best value

Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Kingston upon Thames median.

  1. 1.Chessington North£1,487/mo67/100 liveability
  2. 2.Kingston East & Norbiton West£1,740/mo68/100 liveability
  3. 3.Chessington South & Malden Rushett£1,528/mo59/100 liveability
  4. 4.New Malden East£1,921/mo67/100 liveability
  5. 5.Motspur Park£1,798/mo63/100 liveability
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Kingston upon Thames.

Avg rent
£1,796/mo
#284 of 314 cities
ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026
Council tax
£238/mo
MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026
Sale price
£583,500
0.0% YoY
HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025
Yrs to deposit
7.0 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,367/mo
2 bed£1,741/mo
3 bed£2,133/mo
4 bed£2,822/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£1,249,073
Semi-detached£781,430
Terraced£568,246
Flat£353,130
Affordability
Price-to-earnings14.1×
Rent / take-home52%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,862/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£3,098/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Kingston upon Thames

Crime in Kingston upon Thames runs at 44% below the national average. Above median (#119 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 56.6, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
56.6
#119 of 318 cities
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Violent / 1k / yr
17.1
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Burglary / 1k / yr
3.3
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
ASB / 1k / yr
12.6
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
17.1
Anti-social behaviour
12.6
Vehicle crime
5.6
Criminal damage & arson
3.7
Other theft
3.6
Burglary
3.3
Public order
2.9
Shoplifting
2.4
Drugs
2.3
Bicycle theft
1.2
Robbery
1.2
Theft from the person
1.1
Other crime
0.8
Possession of weapons
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Kingston upon Thames
by safety score (higher = safer)
Tudor Drive97/100
Berrylands South92/100
New Malden West91/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Kingston upon Thames

100% of schools serving Kingston upon Thames are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
Outstanding only
0%
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
Good w/in 2 km
35%
#162 of 318 cities
Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026
Schools rated
1
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Kingston upon Thames
by school score
Tudor Drive97/100
Kingston Vale & Coombe Hill95/100
Kingston Hill93/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Kingston upon Thames

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
9 min
#10 of 318 cities
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
To London
9 min
Median across local areas
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
To Birmingham
112 min
Median across local areas
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
To Bristol
116 min
Median across local areas
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
9 min
Birmingham
112 min
Bristol
116 min
Cardiff
137 min
Sheffield
155 min
Manchester
162 min
Leeds
166 min
Liverpool
172 min
Edinburgh
280 min
Glasgow
307 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car24%Public14%Active9%WFH47%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Kingston upon Thames
by transport score
Kingston East & Norbiton West97/100
Surbiton North97/100
Tolworth96/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames has 0.44 jobs per resident locally. Above median

Jobs per resident
0.44
#138 of 318 cities
ONS BRES · 2024
Drive to 5,000+ jobs
10 min
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
PT to 5,000+ jobs
18 min
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
5y jobs growth
+1.1%
ONS Jobs Density · 2024
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs6 min
PT — 100 jobs5 min
Drive — 500 jobs7 min
PT — 500 jobs8 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs10 min
PT — 5,000 jobs18 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
25.4%
Health & social care
17.4%
Education
11.9%
Professional & business svcs
9.7%
Tech & ICT
4.4%
Construction
4.0%
Manufacturing
3.1%
Finance & insurance
0.9%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Kingston upon Thames

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Kingston upon Thames?
The median monthly rent across Kingston upon Thames is £1,796, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Kingston upon Thames?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Kingston upon Thames by estimated median rent is Chessington North at approximately £1,487/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Kingston upon Thames?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Kingston upon Thames is Tudor Drive at 70/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Kingston upon Thames a safe area?
Kingston upon Thames has an average safety score of 71/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Kingston upon Thames?
The most common council tax band in Kingston upon Thames is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,099. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Kingston upon Thames.
What is the average salary in Kingston upon Thames?
The median annual resident salary in Kingston upon Thames is £41,833, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Kingston upon Thames, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Kingston upon Thames?
The average property price in Kingston upon Thames is approximately £569,910 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Kingston upon Thames?
Gross rental yield in Kingston upon Thames is approximately 3.5% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Kingston upon Thames?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 7.0 years in Kingston upon Thames. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Kingston upon Thames?
100% of premises in Kingston upon Thames are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Kingston upon Thames?
3.3% of 16-64 residents in Kingston upon Thames are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Kingston upon Thames?
Kingston upon Thames contains 20 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 99 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Kingston upon Thames

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

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