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A large town in Surrey, South East, home to 27,095 people.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. School results are strong: primary results beat 82% of towns in England; secondary results beat 95% of towns in England. Tadworth and Epsom Downs grades A− overall and ranks #32 of 65 in Surrey. Nationally, it does better than 83% of UK towns. It also does well on jobs & income (A) — mean household income £73,069; 2.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Prices are high against local incomes: the median home sold for £587,250, 8.3 years of area income. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Tadworth and Epsom Downs 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 Tadworth and Epsom Downs is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 3 scheduled monuments.
5% 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 Tadworth and Epsom Downs. Best known first.
Historic houseNonsuch Palace2.8 km outside town, to the north
CastleBetchworth Castle4.5 km outside town, to the southwest
Historic houseNonsuch Mansion3.2 km outside town, to the north
MuseumWhitehall3.2 km outside town, to the north
Abbey or prioryReigate Priory Museum4.9 km outside town, to the south
Historic houseBeaverbrook4 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tadworth and Epsom Downs.
Walton-on-the-Hill Primary School’s results beat 85% of schools in England like it. Attainment 8 at the 7 secondary schools within 3 km averages 57.1, and 66% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 5 primary schools: just over two thirds of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years CentresLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 417 | B |
| The Beacon SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 959 | C+ |
| Walton-on-the-Hill Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 204 | A |
Social renters account for 12% of households. Owners make up 78% of households, above both Surrey’s towns (70%) and England’s towns (61%). The median sale, £587,250, comes from 988 standard sales inside Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £844,000 | 331 |
| Semi-detached | £600,000 | 289 |
| Terraced | £450,000 | 182 |
| Flat or maisonette | £317,650 | 186 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
14% of residents have a disability, close to Surrey’s towns (14%) and below England’s towns (17%). 4 GP practices serve the town; just over four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3.4% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Tadworth and Epsom Downs | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.4% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s listed buildings include Tadworth Court, Grade I. 5% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Surrey’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (16%). At the top of the list, 1 are Grade I and 2 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Of the commuters living in Tadworth and Epsom Downs, 13% work in the town itself. By car: that was how 81% of commuters travelled at the census. A third of commuters travelled under 5 km, below both Surrey’s towns (40%) and England’s towns (45%). There are 0.6 jobs in Tadworth and Epsom Downs for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Of all the crimes, 47% were violence and sexual offences. Over the year to August 2026, 1,346 offences were reported in Tadworth and Epsom Downs, along with 221 incidents of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Tadworth and Epsom Downs records less crime per resident than 72% 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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older. Typical age in Tadworth and Epsom Downs: 44.2, the median. Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Surrey’s towns (18%) and above England’s towns (18%). Graduates make up 38% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
31 listed buildings in Tadworth and Epsom Downs, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Peter: Photo: Poliphilo · CC0 · Walton Manor House: Photo: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0 · Post Mill 50 Yards South East of Millfield: Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain · Chussex: Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Tadworth and Epsom Downs.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,095 | — | A− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 1.4 | A | D | A− | A |
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | 1.4 | — | C− | A− | A |
| Banstead | 8,929 | 1.7 | A− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 2.6 | A− | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Chipstead and Woodmansterne | 4,523 | 2.7 | A | C− | B | A |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 2.8 | — | C− | B+ | A |
| Ashtead | 14,830 | 3.2 | A+ | C− | A− | A |
Langley Vale and Lower Kingswood have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £587,250, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £317,650, terraced houses £450,000, semi-detached houses £600,000 and detached houses £844,000.
GCSE results beat 95% of towns in England, and primary results beat 82% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C+.
Large town in Surrey, England
Tadworth and Epsom Downs is a built-up area of 27,095 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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