AREA DECISION REPORT

Kingston upon Thames area decision report

Proceed with trade-off checks

Median affordability sits at 11.5x in 2025, which reads as high-cost. Gigabit availability is 90.4% with median download at Unavailable. 4G strong coverage reaches 100% and 5G reaches 66.7% in the current area summary. Nearby planning activity is quiet in the current area radius. 3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up.

Live across price, affordability, connectivity, planning, and postcode follow-up | Sold prices through 26 Jun 2026 · Affordability year 2025 · Broadband source year 2024 · Mobile source year 2025

  • Median sold price, last 5 years £530,000Based on 11,549 sales · Latest sale in data: 26 Jun 2026
  • Affordability High-costMedian ratio 11.5x in 2025
  • Gigabit availability 90.4%Ofcom source year 2024
  • 4G strong coverage 100%Area-level mobile source year 2025
  • Nearby planning QuietCurrent applications plus recent decisions linked to the area radius

Area summary

Use this summary to decide whether this shortlist survives, then move into postcode-level due diligence where the evidence looks strongest.

Affordability and price

High-cost at 11.5x

Median house-price-to-earnings ratio is 11.5x in 2025, with a median house price of £538,500 and residence earnings of £46,871.

Broadband

Gigabit 90.4%

Gigabit availability is 90.4%, with median download at Unavailable and below-USO share at 0%.

Mobile

4G 100% · 5G 66.7%

4G strong-coverage share is 100%, with 5G at 66.7% in the current area-level summary.

Planning watch

No nearby matches

No nearby planning rows matched Kingston upon Thames in the current live coverage yet.

Schools

9 nearby school rows

9 nearby school rows matched postcode area KT1 2NH for Kingston upon Thames. Use the schools flow to compare them in more detail.

Transport

470 mapped stops

Kingston upon Thames currently links 470 mapped transport stops, including 439 local bus or tram access points and 23 rail or metro stops. Where NaPTAN status is present, 470 stops are marked active and 0 inactive. Top localities include Kingston Upon Thames (91), Surbiton (53), Norbiton (44).

Local business

Score 100/100

Kingston upon Thames currently links 673 mapped local businesses across 8 tracked categories. Top amenity groups include 282 food and drink, 112 grocery, 74 personal services. The current amenity availability signal scores 100/100.

Jobs

106,342 online job adverts observed

Kingston upon Thames sits in London. These are online job adverts for London as a whole, the smallest published geography covering Kingston upon Thames, so the figure describes the region rather than Kingston upon Thames itself. · Jun 2026. Same geography one year earlier: 133,444 online job adverts observed in Jun 2025.

Postcode follow-up

3 featured postcodes

3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up under Kingston upon Thames.

Crime

Latest month 1,205

Kingston upon Thames recorded 1,205 crimes in Jun 2026. Rolling twelve month context shows 15,025, with a 2.1% rise against the prior twelve months and violence and sexual offences as the top recorded type. Metropolitan Police Service contributes the largest matched force share in the latest month.

Local business

This area-level OSM snapshot shows the amenity mix currently mapped around Kingston upon Thames, so you can judge everyday convenience before you spend more time on postcode-level checks.

Amenity availability

Convenience score 100/100

Basis: nearest matching geography. Area local-business counts use postcode tags first and nearest-postcode fallback when the OSM record has no usable postcode tag.

  • Scope: Area rollup for Kingston upon Thames
  • Freshness: Source seen 20 Apr 2026
  • Methodology: Open source notes

Amenity group

Food and drink

282 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by restaurant (116), cafe (90), fast food (76).

  • Restaurant: 116 mapped places
  • Cafe: 90 mapped places
  • Fast Food: 76 mapped places

Amenity group

Grocery

112 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by convenience (72), supermarket (25), bakery (9).

  • Convenience: 72 mapped places
  • Supermarket: 25 mapped places
  • Bakery: 9 mapped places

Amenity group

Personal services

74 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by hairdresser (56), beauty (18).

  • Hairdresser: 56 mapped places
  • Beauty: 18 mapped places

Amenity group

Retail

68 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by clothes (37), mobile phone (10), department store (6).

  • Clothes: 37 mapped places
  • Mobile Phone: 10 mapped places
  • Department Store: 6 mapped places

Compare against another area

Keep at least one alternative area in view while you weigh cost, connectivity, planning pressure, and postcode follow-up coverage.

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North Yorkshire has 59,996 recorded sales with a median sold price of £260,000.

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Postcodes worth checking next

These are the best current postcode follow-up routes from the live area brief, so use them to move from early shortlist thinking into deeper due diligence.

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KT1 2NH

KT1 2NH has 88 recorded sales with a median sold price of £685,000.

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KT1 2BN

KT1 2BN has 68 recorded sales with a median sold price of £782,569.

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KT1 2TU

KT1 2TU has 65 recorded sales with a median sold price of £660,000.

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School comparison

Compare nearby schools

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Check sold prices

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Check affordability

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Check planning nearby

Open planning watch for a faster view of live nearby applications and recent decisions.

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Read area guides

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Use area planners and templates

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Follow up action

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