London commuter townsEast Grinstead vs Oxted

East Grinstead vs Oxted: which commuter town suits you?

Oxted is 21 minutes closer to London, but East Grinstead is £145k cheaper on the average sold price.
East Grinstead

#78 of 118

Oxted

#58 of 118

Train to London

52 min
31 min

Annual season ticket

£5,065
£4,319

Average house price

£420k
£565k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

10.4x
15.3x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

40
17

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

812 Mb
750 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

8.1
7.4

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

28
40

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

64 ha
47 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

94
69

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.

The full picture on each

Living in East Grinstead

West Sussex · 52 min to London · average sold price £420k.

Read the East Grinstead report

Living in Oxted

Surrey · 31 min to London · average sold price £565k.

Read the Oxted report