London commuter townsDorking vs Reigate
Dorking vs Reigate: which commuter town suits you?
Reigate is 4 minutes closer to London, but Dorking is £50k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
36 min
32 min
Annual season ticket
£3,878
£4,319
Average house price
£480k
£530k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
9.6x
12.2x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
35
36
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
829 Mb
914 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
8.1
7.4
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
33
41
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
351 ha
232 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
96
155
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
