Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Spelthorne

13 neighbourhoods · 61 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.74× nat.
26% below nat. avg · 74.0 / 1k / yr · #212 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
14 min
#30 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.38
#209 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,633/mo
+1.5% YoY · #271 of 314 cities
Council tax
£230/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Spelthorne

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.

13 neighbourhoods · 61 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Stanwell North & Stanwell Moor£1,490+1.5%1737
Sunbury Common£1,519+1.5%3360
Staines Town£1,534+1.5%1240
Stanwell South£1,541+1.5%3651
Ashford West£1,553+1.5%7381
Ashford Common£1,618+1.5%8375
Staines South West£1,633+1.5%2887
Littleton & Shepperton Green£1,669+1.5%1482
Ashford East£1,669+1.5%6275
Staines South East£1,713+1.5%2069
Halliford & Sunbury West£1,744+1.5%1071
Shepperton Town£1,818+1.5%2374
Sunbury East£2,024+1.5%2254

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 Spelthorne

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Spelthorne. 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.Stanwell North & Stanwell Moor£1,490/mo
  2. 2.Sunbury Common£1,519/mo
  3. 3.Staines Town£1,534/mo
  4. 4.Stanwell South£1,541/mo
  5. 5.Ashford West£1,553/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.Ashford Common83/100
  2. 2.Ashford West73/100
  3. 3.Ashford East62/100
  4. 4.Stanwell South36/100
  5. 5.Sunbury Common33/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Spelthorne.

Avg rent
£1,633/mo
#271 of 314 cities
Sale price
£461,750
-0.2% YoY
Yrs to deposit
6.1 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,186/mo
2 bed£1,524/mo
3 bed£1,769/mo
4 bed£2,403/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£800,214
Semi-detached£535,040
Terraced£426,552
Flat£271,955
Affordability
Price-to-earnings12.2×
Rent / take-home52%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,764/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,436/mo

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

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Safety in Spelthorne

Crime in Spelthorne runs at 26% below the national average. Below median (#212 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 74.0, 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
74.0
#212 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
27.0
Anti-social behaviour
10.5
Public order
6.3
Criminal damage & arson
5.9
Vehicle crime
4.8
Other theft
4.4
Drugs
3.1
Burglary
2.8
Shoplifting
2.7
Other crime
2.2
Possession of weapons
1.1
Robbery
0.9
Theft from the person
0.7
Bicycle theft
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Spelthorne
by safety score (higher = safer)
Staines South West87/100
Littleton & Shepperton Green82/100
Ashford West81/100

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 Spelthorne

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

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
33%
#171 of 318 cities
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 Spelthorne
by school score
Ashford East94/100
Ashford Common93/100
Sunbury Common91/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Spelthorne

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

To London
14 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
119 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
125 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
14 min
Birmingham
119 min
Bristol
125 min
Cardiff
148 min
Sheffield
171 min
Manchester
177 min
Leeds
183 min
Liverpool
186 min
Edinburgh
297 min
Glasgow
323 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car51%Public7%Active6%WFH35%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Spelthorne
by transport score
Ashford West95/100
Staines Town95/100
Shepperton Town87/100

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

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Job access from Spelthorne

Spelthorne has 0.38 jobs per resident locally. Below median

Jobs per resident
0.38
#209 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-4.0%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs6 min
PT — 100 jobs6 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs11 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs12 min
PT — 5,000 jobs26 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
22.3%
Tech & ICT
10.0%
Construction
8.8%
Professional & business svcs
7.5%
Education
6.9%
Health & social care
6.7%
Manufacturing
3.4%
Finance & insurance
0.7%

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

FAQ

Frequently asked about Spelthorne

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 Spelthorne?
The median monthly rent across Spelthorne is £1,633, 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 Spelthorne?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Spelthorne by estimated median rent is Stanwell North & Stanwell Moor at approximately £1,490/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Spelthorne?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Spelthorne is Ashford Common at 83/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Spelthorne a safe area?
Spelthorne has an average safety score of 62/100 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 Spelthorne?
The most common council tax band in Spelthorne is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £236. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Spelthorne.
What is the average salary in Spelthorne?
The median annual resident salary in Spelthorne is £37,918, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Spelthorne, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Spelthorne?
The average property price in Spelthorne is approximately £440,318 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 Spelthorne?
Gross rental yield in Spelthorne is approximately 4.0% — 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 Spelthorne?
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 6.1 years in Spelthorne. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Spelthorne?
100% of premises in Spelthorne 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 Spelthorne?
3.6% of 16-64 residents in Spelthorne 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 Spelthorne?
Spelthorne contains 13 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 61 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 Spelthorne

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.