Smart's Heath
Suburb · 232 residents
67Good
Good · better than 8 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 79, well above the typical 60
- Schools scores 76, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 43 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Flood risk: 14% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Food & drink scores 31, below the typical 60
- Health scores 34, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Smart's Heath
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Smart's Heath a good place to live?
Smart's Heath scores 67/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (79) and schools (76).
It scores lowest on food & drink (31) and health (34).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Smart's Heath in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Smart's Heath
Detached houses behind hedges, gravel driveways, hardly anyone on the pavements — Smart's Heath reads as a pocket of Surrey rather than a suburb with a high street of its own. With a population barely in the hundreds and a median age pushing 48, this is a settled, established sort of place rather than a starter-home stop.
Financially, it sits near the top of the national table: income and deprivation deciles of 9 put it among the better-off corners of the country, and the property market backs that up hard. Eighteen recent sales were all freehold, dominated by detached houses, with a median price of £715,000 against a national detached figure of £420,000 — a For Sale board here is announcing a family house bought outright, not a leasehold flat chain. That said, the figure sits below what the wider Woking district commands overall, at 67% above the district's own median, so within that context it's not the priciest corner of the borough. Worplesdon Rail Station gives a route into the rail network without a London terminus attached, and Freemantles School, an Outstanding-rated community special school, is the named education presence here rather than a mainstream primary or secondary — worth noting if you're weighing schooling options rather than assuming a standard catchment.
Green space is tight rather than expansive — three plots totalling under one and a half hectares — which fits a place built around private gardens more than public parkland. The grade pattern tells its own story: environment and safety both come out as A, connectivity, affordability, housing and transport sit a notch below at B, and nightlife trails at C+ — there's essentially no evening economy to speak of, which will matter if you want restaurants and bars within reach rather than a quiet lane after dark. Crime is genuinely low in absolute terms, just seven incidents logged in the past year, though the breakdown skews toward violence and anti-social behaviour making up the bulk of what little there is, and the trend is flat rather than improving or worsening.