South Merstham
TownTown in Reigate and Banstead, South East.
South Merstham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for South Merstham add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in South Merstham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Merstham compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Merstham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Merstham at a rate of 93.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 98 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Merstham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (316), anti-social behaviour (212) and other crime (167).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in South Merstham was 88.7 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 South Merstham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so South Merstham has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in South Merstham
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reigate and Banstead 008A | 1,687 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Reigate and Banstead 008B | 1,657 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Reigate and Banstead 008C | 1,681 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Reigate and Banstead 008D | 1,839 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.1% |
| Reigate and Banstead 009A | 1,679 | 156.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 66.0% |
| Reigate and Banstead 011F | 1,599 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.2% |
Your MP
- Claire CoutinhoConservativeMP for East Surrey
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering South Merstham1
Middle areas in South Merstham1
Towns near South Merstham6
South Merstham in brief
South Merstham is a town in Reigate and Banstead, South East.
About 10,456 people lived in South Merstham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £423,750 in 2025 across 101 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 93.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in South Merstham was £423,750 in 2025.
South Merstham had 9,953 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in South Merstham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Merstham, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.