Is KT8 1RA a good place to live?
Surrey (KT8 1RA), South East, England
View KT8 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
KT8 1RA has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 94 nearby (23 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.8 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
KT8 1RA is a UK postcode in KT8 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Hampton, 0.8 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around KT8 1RA include 3 supermarkets, 3 parks and 2 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.5 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 2 incidents were reported in KT8 1RA. It ranks in the top half for safety within KT8.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 74/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 82/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 65/100 — Good
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
KT8 1RA is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 2 incidents were reported in KT8 1RA.
The most common categories are Other crime (50%), Burglary (50%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within KT8, this postcode ranks 159 of 443 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- KT8 district average
- 145 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near KT8 1RA
94 schools near KT8 1RA, including 23 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 73 primary schools (17 Outstanding, 51 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (6 Outstanding and 8 Good) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
KT8 1RA has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 3 supermarkets, 3 parks or green spaces, 2 gyms or fitness studios and 1 EV charging point.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Tesco, 0.4 miles away.
Grovelands Recreation Ground is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
- 1 EV charging point within reach
Supermarkets
- Tesco0.4 mi
- Waitrose0.8 mi
- Tesco0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Grovelands Recreation Ground0.2 mi
- Hampton Village Green0.8 mi
- Hurst Park0.8 mi
Transportation
Hampton is the closest station, about 0.8 miles from KT8 1RA - a short drive or cycle.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Hampton0.8 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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