Guildford

21°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 12° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

551 reported · July 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences204
• Anti-social behaviour74
• Shoplifting71
• Public order66

43 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Onslow & University · Surrey

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

314 reported road collisions (2024)

90 killed or seriously injured · 396 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 422 rated 4–5 ★ (352 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Guildford (0.8 km)
• 78 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£523,974 average▼ 5.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,728 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,180
• 2 bed £1,534
• 3 bed £1,857

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (8.1 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Former Nissan site (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms6
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches65
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 296 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (27% of 62,610)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

65 schools · 23,043 pupils

36 primary · 7 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 14 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

1,391 CQC-registered services

• Care homes390
• GP practices202
• Dentists356
• Homecare agencies296
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

• Not in the Green Belt
• 218 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

333 applications decided

82% granted · 273 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Zöe Franklin

Liberal Democrat

Guildford

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 3
• Con 10
• LD 25
• Oth 10

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools20
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens43
• Restaurants & cafés166

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,908 jobs advertised · £42,606 avg

e.g. Business Analysis Manager (Edgewing), Senior Tax Analyst – Technology, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£882 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£37,380 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,252 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Imports 23% · Solar 11% · Gas 11%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in GU1

• Austen Road Surgery
• Dapdune House Surgery
• St. Luke'S Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Guildford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership457 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s364 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU269 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership267 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office229 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Dapdune Wharf · 0.3 km

  Dapdune Wharf is a former industrial wharf and boat yard on the Wey and Godalming Navigations in Guildford, England, UK, close to the Surrey County Cricket Club ground. It is now maintained by the National Trust.

• Guildford power station · 0.4 km

  Guildford power station supplied electricity to the town of Guildford and the surrounding area from 1896 to 1967. The power station was built and operated by the Guildford Electricity Supply Company Limited. In 1921 i…

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  County Sound Radio (1566 AM) · 0.5 km

  County Sound Radio was an Independent Local Radio station covering Surrey and north-east Hampshire in the United Kingdom. One of its closing forms in 2012–2014 formed Eagle Extra occupying 1566 MW following an interna…

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  Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford · 0.5 km

  The Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road is a cricket ground in Guildford, Surrey. The ground was given to the town in trust in 1911 by Sir Harry Waechter, Bart. Guildford Cricket Club play their home matches on the ground.…

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  University of Surrey · 0.5 km

  The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Rob…

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  Stag Hill, University of Surrey · 0.5 km

  The Stag Hill Campus is the main campus of the University of Surrey in the UK, and sits on its namesake geographic feature, Stag Hill, along with Guildford Cathedral – which is directly accessible from the campus by t…

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