Reigate and Banstead: local statistics
Reigate and Banstead is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 159,413 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Reigate and Banstead, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Reigate and Banstead sold for an average of £480,824 in July 2026, down 0.4% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the 11th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. Since July 2016 prices have risen 15%; the July high in the series was £482,529 in 2025. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Reigate and Banstead (£43,434) gives a ratio of 11.1. That ratio is the 11th highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
The median full-time employee living in Reigate and Banstead was paid £919.20 a week before tax in April 2025, or £43,434 over a year. That is 12.8% above the figure for the South East and 9th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest. For full-time jobs located in Reigate and Banstead the median is £850.80 a week (−£68.40 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £633.40, so it has risen 45% before inflation.
The claimant count for Reigate and Banstead stood at 2,215 in August 2026, or 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). That compares with 2.0% a year before. The five-year high was 3.1% (August 2021); the low was 1.7% (May 2023).
A Band D home in Reigate and Banstead pays an average of £2,566.61 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.4% more than in 2025-26. It is 18th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,703.86.
Reigate and Banstead had an estimated 159,413 residents in mid-2025, up 0.5% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +10.4% (the South East: +8.1%), the 19th fastest growth of 64 in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The ONS counted 7,855 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Reigate and Banstead in March 2026, 1% more than in 2016. That is 49 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (31st highest).
In 2022 to 2024, women in Reigate and Banstead had a life expectancy at birth of 85.0 years; for men it was 81.5 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.6 years for women and +0.4 for men. It is 26th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest for women.
In the year to March 2026, 9,511 offences were recorded by police in Reigate and Banstead: 59.7 per 1,000 people, close to the middle of the 55 council areas in the South East (29th highest rate). The rate was 61.2 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 52.6 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
An estimated 79.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Reigate and Banstead were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 6.3 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 75.1% to 88.1%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 144,433 |
| 2016 | 145,621 |
| 2017 | 146,545 |
| 2018 | 147,887 |
| 2019 | 149,048 |
| 2020 | 149,545 |
| 2021 | 151,497 |
| 2022 | 153,765 |
| 2023 | 156,565 |
| 2024 | 158,579 |
| 2025 | 159,413 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £419,481 |
| July 2017 | £422,555 |
| July 2018 | £431,996 |
| July 2019 | £416,284 |
| July 2020 | £427,834 |
| July 2021 | £429,956 |
| July 2022 | £476,583 |
| July 2023 | £481,020 |
| July 2024 | £476,044 |
| July 2025 | £482,529 |
| July 2026 | £480,824 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £633.40 a week |
| 2016 | £636.50 a week |
| 2017 | £676.70 a week |
| 2018 | £680.30 a week |
| 2019 | £728.60 a week |
| 2020 | £697.40 a week |
| 2021 | £704.70 a week |
| 2022 | £763.10 a week |
| 2023 | £813.60 a week |
| 2024 | £853.20 a week |
| 2025 | £919.20 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,703.86 |
| 2017-18 | £1,776.72 |
| 2018-19 | £1,875.11 |
| 2019-20 | £1,948.23 |
| 2020-21 | £2,021.74 |
| 2021-22 | £2,079.85 |
| 2022-23 | £2,172.57 |
| 2023-24 | £2,244.30 |
| 2024-25 | £2,349.48 |
| 2025-26 | £2,459.20 |
| 2026-27 | £2,566.61 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 52.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 57.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 63.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 66.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 64.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 54.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 58.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 57.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 60.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 61.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 59.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.6% |
| 2016/17 | 81.3% |
| 2017/18 | 79.0% |
| 2018/19 | 78.8% |
| 2019/20 | 83.5% |
| 2020/21 | 75.1% |
| 2021/22 | 85.8% |
| 2022/23 | 84.4% |
| 2023/24 | 88.1% |
| 2024/25 | 78.9% |
| 2025/26 | 79.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 7,815 |
| 2017 | 8,055 |
| 2018 | 8,080 |
| 2019 | 8,215 |
| 2020 | 8,210 |
| 2021 | 8,080 |
| 2022 | 8,020 |
| 2023 | 7,760 |
| 2024 | 7,760 |
| 2025 | 7,760 |
| 2026 | 7,855 |
Questions about Reigate and Banstead
What is the average house price in Reigate and Banstead?
£480,824 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-0.4% on a year).
What is the average salary in Reigate and Banstead?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Reigate and Banstead was £919.20 a week in April 2025 (£43,434 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Reigate and Banstead?
The ONS claimant count was 2,215 in August 2026, 2.2% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
How much is Band D council tax in Reigate and Banstead?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,566.61 for 2026-27.
What is the population of Reigate and Banstead?
The ONS estimates 159,413 people lived in Reigate and Banstead in mid-2025.
What is life expectancy in Reigate and Banstead?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.5 years for men and 85.0 for women.
What is the crime rate in Reigate and Banstead?
59.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over Reigate and Banstead
Every body that makes decisions for Reigate and Banstead, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Reigate and Banstead council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Reigate and Banstead in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Dorking and Horley: Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat) MP
- East Surrey: Claire Coutinho (Conservative) MP
- Reigate: Rebecca Paul (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Canterbury · Mid Sussex · South Oxfordshire · Swale · West Berkshire · Windsor and Maidenhead
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