SM7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Banstead, Woodmansterne and Nork, in Reigate and Banstead.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SM7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SM7, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SM7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SM7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SM7 at a rate of 55.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.1 per 1,000 people across SM.
In August 2026 alone, 77 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SM7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (419), other crime (247) and anti-social behaviour (144).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SM7 was 63.0 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in SM7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SM7 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SM7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reigate and Banstead 001A | 1,512 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Reigate and Banstead 001B | 1,611 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Reigate and Banstead 001D | 1,971 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.0% |
| Reigate and Banstead 002A | 1,239 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Reigate and Banstead 002B | 1,589 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
| Reigate and Banstead 002C | 1,366 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Reigate and Banstead 002D | 1,308 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Reigate and Banstead 002E | 2,330 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| Reigate and Banstead 002F | 1,396 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Reigate and Banstead 004A | 1,494 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.7% |
| Reigate and Banstead 004B | 1,470 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Sutton 025D | 1,780 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
MPs for SM7
- Rebecca PaulConservativeMP for Reigate95% of SM7’s postcodes
- Luke TaylorLiberal DemocratMP for Sutton and Cheam3.6% of SM7’s postcodes
- Bobby DeanLiberal DemocratMP for Carshalton and Wallington1.3% of SM7’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SM72
Postcode sectors in SM74
Council1
Towns in SM73
Postcode districts next to SM76
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SM postcode area2
SM7 in brief
SM7 is a postcode district covering Banstead, Woodmansterne and Nork, in Reigate and Banstead.
About 19,700 people lived in SM7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £635,000 in 2025 across 254 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SM7 was £635,000 in 2025.
SM7 had 19,751 usual residents at the census.
In SM7, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SM7, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.