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Cheam
Sutton, London
PocketsCheam High Street (Church of St Dunstan · Cheam Recreation Ground · Sutton Cricket Club)Belmont & South Cheam (Banstead Downs · Burdon Lane)North Cheam East
Cheam sits in the west of Sutton, a genuinely village-feeling ward with a dense heritage core. The whole ward is inside a conservation area, and the thirty-six listed buildings include the Grade II* Whitehall — a timber-framed yeoman's house built around 1500 — plus the Grade II* Church of St Dunstan and the Grade II* Lumley Chapel, the surviving mediaeval chancel of the old parish church. Green space runs to forty-five hectares led by Cheam Recreation Ground. Safety is strong, air pollution is low, and market affordability is reasonable for the area. Schools are modest with seven outstanding nearby. The drawbacks are transport and culture: public-transport access is low at 2, relying on Cheam station into Victoria, culture scores low, and new housing delivery is essentially zero.
- Strongest85Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong77Safety
Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London
- Watch out0Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Limited public-transport access
- 36 listed buildings
- 100% covered by a conservation area
- 3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Cheam Recreation Ground (13.5 hectares)
- 204 open venues (70 food and drink, 134 other)
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Whitehall in Cheam, Grade II* listed and built around 1500, is one of London's oldest timber-framed houses and has been a museum since 1978.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
62Better than 83% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability50
- Rent affordability40
- Price momentum (5yr)71
- Activity (turnover)76
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Cheam: 130 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
77Better than 95% of London
- Personal safety73
- Property crime83
- Anti-social behaviour80
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Every recorded crime type — burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and more — grouped into personal, property and anti-social behaviour, with the monthly trend for this ward.
For Cheam: personal, property & anti-social breakdown24-mo trend to Jun 2026counts —
Connectivity
25Better than 5% of London
Median public-transport access is basic (TfL PTAL 2.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
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Air & Quiet
85Better than 96% of London
- Air quality85
- Quietness85
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
29Better than 63% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining21
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation43
- Independent scene50
- Vitality (openings, diversity)63
204 open venues nearby — 70 food & drink, 134 other.
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For Cheam: the mix behind 204 open venues—% independent
Education
43Better than 8% of London
- Primary schools40
- Secondary schools46
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For Cheam: 3 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
66Better than 85% of London
36 listed buildings · 100% under a conservation area
- WhitehallGrade II*
- Church of St DunstanGrade II*
- Remains of Old Church of St Dunstan, Now Known As the Lumley ChapelGrade II*
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
66Better than 61% of London
- Green spaces90
- Waterways20
Largest green space: Cheam Recreation Ground (14 ha). ~45 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0Shared lowest band with 24% of London
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- Is Cheam safe?
- Cheam scores 77 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — one of London's safer wards on this measure. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Cheam a good place to live?
- Cheam scores 50 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are air & quiet (85) and safety (77); its weakest is area development (0). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Cheam?
- Limited public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Cheam 2 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 25 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Cheam expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Cheam is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 10/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Cheam?
- Cheam scores 43 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 3 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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