Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A large town of 23,774 in Surrey, South East.
Reigate grades A overall against UK towns: better than 92% of UK towns, and #17 of 65 in Surrey. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A+): mean household income £74,176; 1.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): median sale £550,000, 7.8 years of area income; rent £1,640 a month.
The 3 things Reigate does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Reigate is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 123 buildings inside Reigate’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 3 scheduled monuments.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1903.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Reigate. Best known first.
Abbey or prioryReigate Priory Museumin town
CastleReigate Castlein town
CastleBetchworth Castle3.8 km outside town, to the west
FortReigate Fort200 m outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionBarons Cavein townMuseumMuseumHolmesdale Natural History Club Museumin townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Reigate.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 51% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
51% of workers worked mainly from home, above both Surrey’s towns (44%) and England’s towns (31%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Reigate Parish Church Primary School’s results beat 83% of schools in England like it. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandcross Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 644 | C+ |
| Reigate Parish Church Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 403 | A− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
That puts Reigate above both Surrey’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (16%). Reigate’s listed buildings include Reigate Priory, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
On this, Reigate is above both Surrey’s towns (87%) and England’s towns (82%). Women here live to 84.9 on average and men to 81.9 (2019–23). These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Reigate | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Half the homes sold went for more than £550K, close to Surrey’s towns (£535K) and above England’s towns (£308K). Owners make up 71% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £1,111,500 | 236 |
| Semi-detached | £655,000 | 292 |
| Terraced | £540,000 | 194 |
| Flat or maisonette | £314,000 | 347 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Police recorded 1,243 crimes inside Reigate’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 249 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 36% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
In the comparison, Reigate comes above both Surrey’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (34%). Children under 15 make up 21% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Reigate | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 49% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
123 listed buildings in Reigate, 1 of them Grade I.
Reigate Priory: Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Old Town Hall: Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Browne's Lodge: Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ye Old Forge: Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0
48 notable people were born in Reigate.
Margot Fonteyn: Hurok Concerts (U.S.), Public domain · Tom Chilton: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Caroline Quentin: Eimaiegw, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Newton Faulkner: Drew de F Fawkes, CC BY 2.0 · Dylan Llewellyn: Sarah Winterman, CC BY 2.0 · David Sheppard: Man vyi, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reigate | 23,774 | — | A | C− | B | A− |
| Redhill | 32,516 | 1.3 | B+ | C+ | C− | B |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 2.6 | — | C− | B+ | A |
| Salfords | 1,873 | 2.6 | — | C− | D− | B− |
| South Merstham | 9,953 | 2.8 | B− | C+ | C− | C |
| South Nutfield | 1,951 | 2.9 | — | D | A | B |
| Brockham | 2,206 | 3.6 | — | C− | A− | B+ |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 4 | A | D | A− | A |
Lower Kingswood, Salfords, South Nutfield and Brockham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Reigate Priory. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £550,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town.
Secondary schools stand out: GCSE results beat 88% of towns in England. Primary results beat 73%.
Large town in Surrey, England
Reigate is a built-up area of 23,774 people, in the Reigate and Banstead council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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