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A town of 11,728 in Surrey, South East. Private rents average £1,696 a month.
Stanwell grades C overall against UK towns: better than 28% of UK towns. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 27% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is safety (D): 39.8 violent and sexual offences and 19.6 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 23%. The median home sold for £410,000 in the last three years, 6.2 times what households in the Spelthorne council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Stanwell 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 Stanwell is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Stanwell’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Stanwell. Best known first.
Garden · National TrustRunnymede4.8 km outside town, to the west
Abbey or priorySt Mary's Priory4.6 km outside town, to the west
MuseumKempton Steam Museum4.4 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumSpelthorne Museum2.6 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric shipHistoric shipHK Daybreak2.9 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionHarmondsworth Great Barn3.2 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Stanwell.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
In the comparison, Stanwell comes above both Surrey’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%). The average household earns £59K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Farm Primary School & NurseryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 458 | B |
Homes saw 19.6 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above both Surrey’s towns (10.5) and England’s towns (9.4). Police recorded 942 crimes inside Stanwell’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 132 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Stanwell records more crime per resident than 77% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
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
Women here live to 80.6 on average and men to 77.2 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Stanwell is The Hillingdon Hospital, 5.1 miles away. 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 | Stanwell | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
For Stanwell, that is above both Surrey’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (18%). Owners make up 49% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £535,000 | 18 |
| Semi-detached | £465,000 | 76 |
| Terraced | £417,000 | 99 |
| Flat or maisonette | £244,000 | 83 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Stanwell has 28 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*. 1% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Stanwell sits below both Surrey’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (34%) on this measure. Under-15s account for 21% of the population. Stanwell has a median age of 36.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Stanwell | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
28 listed buildings in Stanwell, 1 of them Grade I.
Dunmore House: Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lord Knyvett's Adult Education Centre: Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Swan Public House: Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Windsor Cottage: Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwell | 11,728 | — | C | C− | D | C− |
| Stanwell Moor | 1,431 | 1.4 | — | C− | C− | C |
| Ashford | 22,823 | 1.5 | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 21,327 | 1.9 | C+ | C− | D | B+ |
| Ashford Common | 8,333 | 2.5 | B+ | C− | B | B |
| Poyle | 1,736 | 2.5 | — | D | D− | C |
| Laleham | 2,521 | 2.7 | B | D | B | A− |
| Colnbrook | 1,898 | 3.1 | — | B− | D− | C− |
Stanwell Moor, Poyle and Colnbrook have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
A young town. At the 2021 Census, 21% of residents were under 15 and 32% were 25 to 44, against 18% and 27% across England’s towns; only 12% were 65 or over.
Police recorded 942 crimes inside Stanwell’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 49% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £410,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £244,000, terraced houses £417,000, semi-detached houses £465,000 and detached houses £535,000.
Town in Surrey, England
Stanwell is a built-up area of 11,728 people, in the Spelthorne 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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