Around average
IMD England
20
Crime · May '26
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Avg property price
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Annual change
South East
Region
Live
Status
Coordinates & Location for GU8 5HW
Guildford and Aldershot
Travel to Work
TTWA
Postcode
GU8 5HW
Coordinates
51.1722, -0.6421
Grid reference
SU950423
Easting
495,029
Northing
142,319
Region
South East
Plus Code
9C3X59C5+V5
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Milford and Witley
Travel to Work
Guildford and Aldershot
ITL Region
Waverley
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
18637
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 18637 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Property sales (Land Registry)
Property sales · GU8 5HW
HM Land Registry · Waverley
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Police Recorded Crime near GU8 5HW
Crime trends · near GU8 5HW
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1382
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
7
YoY +40%
ASB
840
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY -75%
Vehicle Crime
840
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Burglary
630
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY +100%
Criminal damage
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY stable
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.89.3%
Other White5.5%
White Irish1.3%
+ other · 3.8%
Religion
Christian57.6%
No religion34.5%
Not answered5.7%
Other religion1.2%
+ other · 1.0%
Age groups
50–6420.1%
35–4918.3%
65–7411.7%
25–349.0%
75–848.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 32.5%
Households
Any member 66+26.6%
Other14.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.1%
All members 66+11.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.0%
+ 6 other households · 25.3%
Administrative Information
Waverley
Local Authority
Council AreaGodalming and Ash E14001249
Constituency
E14001249Surrey
Police Force
Scotland-wide
Ward
Milford & Witley
Constituency code
E14001249
EU Electoral Region
South East
Parish
Witley and Milford
International Territorial Level
Waverley
Health & NHS
South East Coast
Health Authority
Serving Surrey
NHS ScotlandSurrey and Sussex
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
South East Coast
NHS Region
South East
Integrated Care Board
NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
Surrey
Sub ICB Location
NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB - 92A
Cancer Alliance
Surrey and Sussex
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Waverley 011D E01030938
E01030938MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Waverley 011 E02006449
E02006449LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Waverley 011D E01030938
E01030938MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Waverley 011 E02006449
E02006449Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
4:00 AM
Sunrise
8:15 PM
Sunset
10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
4:00 AM
Sunset (today)
8:15 PM
Daylight duration
10 hours 28 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
January 1980
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~46 years
Active Duration
1980 -> PresentJanuary 1980 — Introduced
Postcode GU8 5HW introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1. IMD England rank: 18637
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01030938 and MSOA E02006449 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode GU8 5HW is currently active and in use.
First introduced
January 1980
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~46 years
Last updated
2026-02-01
Current status
Live
Schools near GU8 5HW
Open state schools within 2 km of this postcode, ranked by distance.
Milford School
Surrey · GU8 5JA
Good
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–7
Rodborough
Surrey · GU8 5BZ
Good
0.7 mi
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16
St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary
Surrey · GU7 2LD
Good
0.8 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Godalming College
Surrey · GU7 1RS
1.2 mi
16 plusStateMixed · Ages 16–19
St Hilary's School
Surrey · GU7 1RZ
1.2 mi
PrimaryIndependentMixed · Ages 2–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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