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Guildford

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Least deprived 20–30%
Census 2021
143,650
Households
55,760
Crimes · Aug '26
1,049

Estimated population, mid-2025: 152,148 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

55,760
Households
White Brit. · 77%
Ethnicity
Christian · 48%
Religion
Least deprived 20⁠–⁠30%
Avg IMD
1,049
Crimes · Aug '26
£491,125
Median property price · Guildford · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 1,516 sales
£1,754
Average rent, September 2026
4,316
Postcodes

Sold prices in Guildford

England & Wales
Property sales · Guildford
HM Land Registry · Guildford
Average price
£608,832
Median price: £491,125
Median -3.7% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 1,516 sales
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Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 41 sales · avg £606,184
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£660k£592k£524k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Guildford

England & Wales
Crime trends · Guildford

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
362
YoY stable
491405318
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
181
YoY -7%
20514585
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
31
YoY +15%
765024
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
14
YoY -67%
442914
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
77
YoY -25%
1158962
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
384
YoY stable
409342275
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

3 of 6 key categories improving · vehicle crime rising

1,049
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Guildford

Ethnicity

Total residents: 143,647
White Brit.77.3%
Other White8.2%
Other Asian2.1%
Indian2.0%
Chinese1.6%
+ 14 other groups · 8.8%

Religion

Total residents: 143,649
Christian48.2%
No religion39.7%
Not answered7.0%
Muslim2.2%
Hindu1.4%
+ 4 other religions · 1.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 143,650
35–4919.1%
50–6418.9%
25–3412.0%
20–249.2%
65–749.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.8%

Households

Total households: 55,760
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.8%
One person: other14.5%
One person: aged 66+12.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.4%
Single family household, all members 66+10.0%
+ 9 other households · 33.1%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Guildford

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Least deprived 20–30%
Mean decile 8.00 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Least deprived 20–30% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 8.00 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Guildford

2% of postcodes (73 of 4316) are in Flood Zone 3 and 5% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 373 (2%)
  • Zone 2234 (5%)
  • Zone 14,009 (93%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Guildford

Friary Bus is a 16-minute walk from the centre

Coach · 1.3 km

  • Friary Bus

    Coach

    1.3 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Coach

Amenities in Guildford

GPs make up most of the mapped places

23 GPs · 11 Museums · 8 Libraries · 53 in all

  • GPs23
  • Museums11
  • Libraries8
  • Hospitals6
  • Universities5

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Guildford

Average rent, September 2026

£1,754/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£1,197
1 bed
£1,557
2 bed
£1,887
3 bed
£2,553
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

We've matched this area to Surrey.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Guildford is the district council. School applications go through Surrey.

Last place offered

Straight-line distance. Places change every year, so this isn't a guarantee.

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Schools in Guildford

Open schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

Best schools in GuildfordFilter and map

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Overview of Guildford

Coordinates51.2493, -0.5776
Postcodes
4,316
Census 2021
143,650

Estimated population, mid-2025: 152,148 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
55,760
Recorded crime · Aug '26
1,049

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