RH1 5BY

Earlswood & Whitebushes · Reigate and Banstead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Reigate and Banstead
Constituency
Reigate
Postcode district
RH1
Postcode sector
RH1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH1 5GN 95 m
RH1 5GW 103 m
RH1 5GP 124 m
RH1 5RH 137 m
RH1 5GQ 172 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH1 5BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH1
Postcode sector
RH1 5
Latitude
51.218281
Longitude
-0.160673
British National Grid easting
528,552
British National Grid northing
148,172

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Reigate and Banstead · E07000211
Parish or community
E43000140
Westminster constituency
Reigate · E14001442
Output area
E00155914
Lower layer super output area
Reigate and Banstead 014C · E01030572
Middle layer super output area
Reigate and Banstead 014 · E02006388

Postcode source versions

Explore RH1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
23
Secondary
4
  1. Earlswood Junior School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Salfords Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km
  3. Earlswood Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
952
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 469
  • Public order 101
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 78
  • Other theft 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RH1 5 residents
8,630

Age bands in RH1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,550 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

861 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

2,229 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

2,487 residents

Age 65 and over
19%

1,669 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • WOODLANDS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 WOODLANDS ROAD, REDHILL, RH1 6EY

    ODS code H81058

    1.6 km

  • THE HOUSE PARTNERSHIP

    99 STATION ROAD, REDHILL, RH1 1EB

    ODS code H81030

    2.7 km

  • HAWTHORNS SURGERY

    1 OXFORD ROAD, REDHILL, RH1 1DT

    ODS code H81055

    2.7 km

  • HOLMHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 THORNTON SIDE, WATERCOLOUR, REDHILL, RH1 2NP

    ODS code H81048

    3.8 km

  • THE WALL HOUSE SURGERY

    YORKE ROAD, REIGATE, RH2 9HG

    ODS code H81089

    4.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • East Surrey Hospital

    BCT · Earlswood

    0.2 miles
  • East Surrey Hospital

    BCT · Earlswood

    0.2 miles
  • Bushfield Drive

    BCT · Whitebushes

    0.2 miles
  • Bushfield Drive

    BCT · Whitebushes

    0.2 miles
  • Spencer Way

    BCT · Whitebushes

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reigate and Banstead 014C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,382 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. Earlswood Junior School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

952 published events cover 12 months, averaging 79.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 469 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.