Runnymede: local statistics
Runnymede is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 93,013 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 Runnymede, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Runnymede was £943.40 in April 2025 (£46,777 a year). That is 15.7% above the figure for the South East and the 5th highest of 64 in the South East. For full-time jobs located in Runnymede the median is £904.30 a week (−£39.10 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £595.60, so it has risen 58% before inflation.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Runnymede at £477,182 for July 2026, up 1.1% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 13th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East (regional average £380,878). The July peak was £487,879 in 2022, and prices are 22% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Runnymede (£46,777) gives a ratio of 10.2. That ratio is the 16th highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
In mid-2025 the population of Runnymede was estimated at 93,013, up 0.7% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +11.1% (the South East: +8.1%). That is 15th of 64 in the South East, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In March 2026, 5,125 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Runnymede, 9% more than in 2016. That is 55 for every 1,000 residents, the 18th highest of 64 in the South East.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Runnymede had a life expectancy at birth of 83.9 years; for men it was 80.6, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.3 years for women and -0.8 for men. It is the 42nd highest for women of 64 in the South East.
The police recorded 71.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in Runnymede in the year to March 2026 (6,600 offences in all), the 22nd highest rate of 55 in the South East. A year earlier it was 69.0. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 59.1 to 78.6 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The claimant count for Runnymede stood at 1,540 in August 2026, or 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. Twelve months before, it was 2.3%. The five-year high was 3.3% (August 2021); the low was 2.2% (April 2024).
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Runnymede is £2,492.99, up £112.93 on 2025-26. It is mid-table in the South East, 31st of 64. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,638.06.
An estimated 79.8% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Runnymede were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 8.4 points), against 78.9% across the South East. Its lowest reading in the series was 71.6% and its highest 84.1%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 83,730 |
| 2016 | 84,725 |
| 2017 | 84,920 |
| 2018 | 85,538 |
| 2019 | 86,660 |
| 2020 | 87,200 |
| 2021 | 87,830 |
| 2022 | 89,320 |
| 2023 | 91,422 |
| 2024 | 92,321 |
| 2025 | 93,013 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £391,974 |
| July 2017 | £424,129 |
| July 2018 | £416,589 |
| July 2019 | £408,329 |
| July 2020 | £418,986 |
| July 2021 | £447,938 |
| July 2022 | £487,879 |
| July 2023 | £473,882 |
| July 2024 | £471,870 |
| July 2025 | £472,183 |
| July 2026 | £477,182 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £595.60 a week |
| 2016 | £609.80 a week |
| 2017 | £599.60 a week |
| 2018 | £651.10 a week |
| 2019 | £739.50 a week |
| 2020 | £648.90 a week |
| 2021 | £727.90 a week |
| 2022 | £767.30 a week |
| 2023 | £839.00 a week |
| 2024 | £899.10 a week |
| 2025 | £943.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,638.06 |
| 2017-18 | £1,710.71 |
| 2018-19 | £1,807.45 |
| 2019-20 | £1,878.66 |
| 2020-21 | £1,951.62 |
| 2021-22 | £2,009.24 |
| 2022-23 | £2,101.51 |
| 2023-24 | £2,170.57 |
| 2024-25 | £2,272.62 |
| 2025-26 | £2,380.06 |
| 2026-27 | £2,492.99 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 59.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 62.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 75.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 72.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 78.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 71.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 76.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 74.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 68.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 69.0 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 71.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 73.6% |
| 2016/17 | 83.0% |
| 2017/18 | 77.8% |
| 2018/19 | 76.8% |
| 2019/20 | 82.7% |
| 2020/21 | 81.4% |
| 2021/22 | 71.6% |
| 2022/23 | 84.1% |
| 2023/24 | 80.1% |
| 2024/25 | 80.4% |
| 2025/26 | 79.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,715 |
| 2017 | 4,840 |
| 2018 | 4,985 |
| 2019 | 4,950 |
| 2020 | 4,985 |
| 2021 | 5,035 |
| 2022 | 4,955 |
| 2023 | 4,915 |
| 2024 | 4,975 |
| 2025 | 4,975 |
| 2026 | 5,125 |
Questions about Runnymede
What is the average salary in Runnymede?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Runnymede was £943.40 a week in April 2025 (£46,777 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Runnymede?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £477,182.
What is the population of Runnymede?
93,013 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Runnymede?
83.9 years for women and 80.6 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Runnymede?
71.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Runnymede?
The ONS claimant count was 1,540 in August 2026, 2.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
How much is Band D council tax in Runnymede?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,492.99 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Runnymede
Every body that makes decisions for Runnymede, 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
- Runnymede council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Runnymede 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
- Runnymede and Weybridge: Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative) MP
- Windsor: Jack Rankin (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 weekly earnings growth · UK average house price · UK population
- Other council areas in the South East: Hastings · Lewes · Mole Valley · Rother · Surrey Heath · Tandridge
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