Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Surrey Heath

12 neighbourhoods · 55 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
2.2× safer
2.2× safer than nat. · 46.6 / 1k / yr · #54 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
89 min
#198 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.57
#47 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,493/mo
+2.0% YoY · #250 of 314 cities
Council tax
£253/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Surrey Heath

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.

12 neighbourhoods · 55 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Camberley West£1,234+2.0%5246
Frimley Green£1,371+2.0%8194
Mytchett & Frith Hill£1,396+2.0%3579
Bagshot£1,401+2.0%3264
Frimley£1,434+2.0%5058
Camberley North£1,466+2.0%3460
Camberley Heatherside£1,472+2.0%7598
Lightwater£1,539+2.0%5190
West End & Bisley£1,561+2.0%3794
Camberley Parkside£1,624+2.0%7094
Chobham & Windlesham£1,668+2.0%1886
Camberley Town£1,827+2.0%7294

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 Surrey Heath

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Surrey Heath. 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.Camberley West£1,234/mo
  2. 2.Frimley Green£1,371/mo
  3. 3.Mytchett & Frith Hill£1,396/mo
  4. 4.Bagshot£1,401/mo
  5. 5.Frimley£1,434/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.Frimley Green81/100
  2. 2.Camberley Heatherside75/100
  3. 3.Camberley Town72/100
  4. 4.Camberley Parkside70/100
  5. 5.Camberley West52/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Surrey Heath.

Avg rent
£1,493/mo
#250 of 314 cities
Sale price
£465,000
+1.8% YoY
Yrs to deposit
6.2 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,030/mo
2 bed£1,326/mo
3 bed£1,601/mo
4 bed£2,401/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£783,441
Semi-detached£448,848
Terraced£363,984
Flat£229,227
Affordability
Price-to-earnings12.3×
Rent / take-home47%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£3,031/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,447/mo

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

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Safety in Surrey Heath

Crime in Surrey Heath runs at 2.2× safer than the national average. Top quartile (#54 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 46.6, 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
46.6
#54 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
19.0
Anti-social behaviour
8.4
Shoplifting
7.8
Public order
3.9
Other theft
3.8
Criminal damage & arson
3.8
Vehicle crime
2.8
Burglary
1.7
Drugs
1.6
Other crime
1.3
Possession of weapons
1.1
Bicycle theft
0.7
Theft from the person
0.7
Robbery
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Surrey Heath
by safety score (higher = safer)
Camberley Heatherside98/100
Camberley Parkside94/100
West End & Bisley94/100

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 Surrey Heath

100% of schools serving Surrey Heath 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
43%
#54 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 Surrey Heath
by school score
Camberley Parkside98/100
Camberley Heatherside95/100
Frimley87/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Surrey Heath

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

To London
89 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
113 min
Median across local areas
To Cardiff
137 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
89 min
Bristol
113 min
Cardiff
137 min
Birmingham
141 min
Sheffield
208 min
Manchester
210 min
Liverpool
219 min
Leeds
220 min
Edinburgh
334 min
Glasgow
361 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car48%Public2%Active5%WFH42%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Surrey Heath
by transport score
Frimley Green88/100
Camberley West87/100
Frimley83/100

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

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Job access from Surrey Heath

Surrey Heath has 0.57 jobs per resident locally. Top quartile

Jobs per resident
0.57
#47 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-1.7%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs8 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs12 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs12 min
PT — 5,000 jobs26 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
22.2%
Health & social care
21.8%
Professional & business svcs
11.4%
Education
6.2%
Construction
5.6%
Manufacturing
3.9%
Tech & ICT
3.7%
Finance & insurance
2.1%

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

FAQ

Frequently asked about Surrey Heath

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 Surrey Heath?
The median monthly rent across Surrey Heath is £1,493, 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 Surrey Heath?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Surrey Heath by estimated median rent is Camberley West at approximately £1,234/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Surrey Heath?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Surrey Heath is Frimley Green at 81/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Surrey Heath a safe area?
Surrey Heath has an average safety score of 75/100 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 Surrey Heath?
The most common council tax band in Surrey Heath is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £294. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Surrey Heath.
What is the average salary in Surrey Heath?
The median annual resident salary in Surrey Heath is £37,793, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Surrey Heath, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Surrey Heath?
The average property price in Surrey Heath is approximately £450,633 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 Surrey Heath?
Gross rental yield in Surrey Heath is approximately 3.4% — 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 Surrey Heath?
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 6.2 years in Surrey Heath. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Surrey Heath?
100% of premises in Surrey Heath 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 Surrey Heath?
2.2% of 16-64 residents in Surrey Heath 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 Surrey Heath?
Surrey Heath contains 12 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 55 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 Surrey Heath

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.