Staines-upon-Thames
Staines-upon-Thames is covered by postcode districts KT16, TW18, TW19 and TW20. It is mostly in the Spelthorne council area: 532 of its 587 postcodes. The others are in Runnymede and Windsor and Maidenhead. 586 are in Surrey. ONS lists no county for the other 1.
Every postcode in Staines-upon-Thames, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 111
- At medium risk at worst: 93
- At low risk at worst: 219
- At very low risk only: 76
- Not on the at-risk list: 88
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 587 postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames that ONS places, 111 have a home or business at high risk, 93 are at medium risk at worst, 219 are at low risk at worst, 76 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4286, longitude -0.5026. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
111 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
3 further out, not drawn
These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 74 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TW18 2QR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 36 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TW18 4BU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TW18 3ND, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TW18 1DS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TW18 1QX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TW18 3NF, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Staines-upon-Thames?
Homes sold for a typical £445,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 424 of the 560 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,903 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 499 of its 587 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Staines, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Staines-upon-Thames?
Homes in Staines-upon-Thames sold for a typical £445,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 242 sales, up 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £650,000 31 sales
- Semi-detached £537,500 70 sales
- Terraced £443,000 68 sales
- Flat or maisonette £293,000 73 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole TW18 district, Staines-upon-Thames's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Staines-upon-Thames: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Staines-upon-Thames?
33 of the 587 postcodes now in use in Staines-upon-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 62 of the 392 homes sold in Staines-upon-Thames were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TW18 district, 13%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Staines-upon-Thames | Across the TW18 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 9 of 242 (4%) | 9 of 300 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 62 of 392 (16%) | 62 of 471 (13%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Staines-upon-Thames?
Ofcom reports on 560 of the 587 postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames. At 424 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Staines-upon-Thames at risk of flooding?
499 of the 587 postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2,903 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Staines-upon-Thames?
The open schools at the postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Staines-upon-Thames?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames is Staines Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Staines Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Ashford (Surrey) Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
- Egham Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Staines-upon-Thames?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Knowle Green Medical Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01784 883654 100 mWalk
- Staines Health Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01784 465229 100 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Staines-upon-Thames safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,142 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 239 September 2025
- 264 October 2025
- 258 November 2025
- 252 December 2025
- 216 January 2026
- 216 February 2026
- 310 March 2026
- 240 April 2026
- 261 May 2026
- 262 June 2026
- 294 July 2026
- 330 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 82, burglary 69, possession of weapons 45, robbery 36, theft from the person 35, bicycle theft 27.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Staines-upon-Thames?
- Councils
- Spelthorne (532), Runnymede (54) and Windsor and Maidenhead (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Spelthorne (532), Runnymede and Weybridge (54) and Windsor (1)
- Police force areas
- Surrey (586) and Thames Valley (1)
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Staines-upon-Thames
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Staines-upon-Thames is in Spelthorne; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Spelthorne about council tax Council tax, on spelthorne.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Staines-upon-Thames
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Staines-upon-Thames postcodes
587 postcodes in use in Staines-upon-Thames, by district:
Those districts are in the TW postcode area and KT postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Staines-upon-Thames
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Staines-upon-Thames's £445,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Staines-upon-Thames
- What is it like to live in Staines-upon-Thames?
- Homes sold for a typical £445,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 424 of the 560 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,903 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 499 of its 587 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Staines, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Staines-upon-Thames?
- Staines-upon-Thames is covered by postcode districts KT16, TW18, TW19 and TW20, across 587 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Staines-upon-Thames?
- Homes in Staines-upon-Thames sold for a typical £445,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 242 sales, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Staines-upon-Thames?
- In Staines-upon-Thames, primary schools at its postcodes include Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School, Riverbridge Primary School and Staines Preparatory School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Matthew Arnold School and T A S I S. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Staines-upon-Thames have a railway station?
- Yes: Staines is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Staines-upon-Thames?
- Ofcom reports on 560 of the 587 postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames. At 424 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Staines-upon-Thames at risk of flooding?
- 499 of the 587 postcodes in Staines-upon-Thames have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2,903 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Staines-upon-Thames?
- 33 of the 587 postcodes now in use in Staines-upon-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 62 of the 392 homes sold in Staines-upon-Thames were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TW18 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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