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Claygate

Ward

East Elmbridge. About 7,258 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Claygate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,263
3,848th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Claygate compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

ClaygateMiddle
Population16 wards, Elmbridge · 2021
Population: every ward in Elmbridge16 areas from 7,237 to 9,747. The middle area is 8,744. Claygate is 7,263.
7,2632nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Elmbridge · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Elmbridge16 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Claygate is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Elmbridge · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Elmbridge16 areas from 58.2% to 98.2%. The middle area is 92.5%. Claygate is 94.7%.
94.7%7th highest
Claimant rate16 wards, Elmbridge · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Elmbridge16 areas from 1.1% to 4.4%. The middle area is 2.3%. Claygate is 1.3%.
1.3%2nd lowest

Is Claygate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Claygate at a rate of 39.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Elmbridge.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Claygate.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (101), other crime (59) and anti-social behaviour (45).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Elmbridge

These figures are published for the whole of Elmbridge, not for each ward, so they describe all of Elmbridge and not Claygate alone. See Elmbridge

Average house price
£748,080
Up 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£51,924
10th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
14.4×
6th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.0
Joint 4th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Claygate in brief

Claygate had 7,263 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Claygate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Claygate, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Claygate, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.