Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 8,877 residents, it is a town in Surrey, South East.
With an A overall, West End and Chobham sits #19 of 65 in Surrey. Nationally, it does better than 91% of UK towns. The local economy does well: households earn a mean £84,335 a year, and 1.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Buying in is costly (C): the median home sold for £605,000, 8.2 years of area income.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things West End and Chobham 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 West End and Chobham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 69 buildings inside West End and Chobham’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
11% 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 West End and Chobham. Best known first.
Historic houseBagshot Park Mansion4 km outside town, to the northwest
Art galleryThe Lightbox3.6 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseCoworth House4.8 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseSunningdale Park4.8 km outside town, to the north
MuseumNRA Museum1.8 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 West End and Chobham.
At the town’s 2 primary schools, two thirds of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Gordon's School’s results beat 95% of schools in England like it. Of its 4 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Some 1,630 pupils attend West End and Chobham’s two primaries and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 451 | A− |
| Gordon's SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 988 | A+ |
3.1% of residents report bad or very bad health. At the census, just over a tenth of people here had a disability, below both Surrey’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (17%). West End and Chobham has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | West End and Chobham | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.1% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 12% | 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.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 42% of recorded crime. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 297 crimes and 92 reports of anti-social behaviour inside West End and Chobham’s built-up area. Burglary and damage came to 7.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below Surrey’s towns (10.6) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. For its size, West End and Chobham records less crime per resident than 83% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 46% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 86% of commuters, above both Surrey’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%). Just over a quarter of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. Also worth knowing: for every resident in work, West End and Chobham has 0.7 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Social housing holds one in ten households, below Surrey’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £1,509 a month across the Surrey Heath council area. Behind the median of £605,000: 283 standard sales inside West End and Chobham’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £716,600 | 135 |
| Semi-detached | £550,000 | 101 |
| Terraced | £435,000 | 26 |
| Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | 21 |
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.
Scaled to its population, West End and Chobham has 78 listed buildings per 10,000 people, higher than both Surrey’s towns (31) and England’s towns (39). Its listed buildings include the Church of St Lawrence, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Just over two in five adults hold a degree. Line up the people of West End and Chobham by age and the one in the middle is 41.5. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Surrey’s towns (19%) and close to England’s towns (18%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| West End and Chobham | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 42% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
69 listed buildings in West End and Chobham, 1 of them Grade I.
Brook Place: Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · The White Hart Inn: Photo: Mertbiol · CC0 · Malthouse Farm: Photo: Alan Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Chobham War Memorial: Photo: Mertbiol · CC0
5 notable people were born in West End and Chobham.
Peter Gabriel: MerleEllaPatsy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charlotte Jordan: Meena, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West End and Chobham | 8,877 | — | A | C | A− | A− |
| Bisley | 4,045 | 1.2 | A− | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 1.6 | A | C+ | A | A+ |
| Windlesham | 3,706 | 1.9 | A | C | A | A+ |
| Brookwood | 1,428 | 2.6 | — | C+ | B | A |
| Bagshot | 5,930 | 2.7 | B+ | B | C | B+ |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 2.8 | A | D | A+ | A |
| Woking | 75,655 | 3.2 | A− | B− | C | B |
Brookwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets 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 £605,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £265,000, terraced houses £435,000, semi-detached houses £550,000 and detached houses £716,600.
That is 3.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Lawrence.
GCSE results beat 89% of towns in England, and primary results beat 78% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Band D council tax in West End and Chobham is £2,641 for 2026–27, more than in 92% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Surrey, England
West End and Chobham is a built-up area of 8,877 people, in the Surrey Heath 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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