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Elm Corner

Elm Corner is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 5 restaurants and cafés, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Effingham Junction, 3.4 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Elm Corner area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Guildford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 143,650 residents at roughly 530 people per km².

Council
Guildford
County
Surrey
Constituency
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 110th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability19
Affordable rents19
Good schools45
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation93
Employment92
Low council tax22

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

14°CClear

  • Today: 24° / 12° · 11% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Vehicle crime1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Send, Ripley, Wisley, Ockham, The Horsleys, The Clandons & Effingham · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime - Shoplifting is a National priority and has an impact on businesses in the town.
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) and Antisocial Driving (ASD) - increasing reports of ASB in rural location including off road use of Motorbik…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

38 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 34 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Effingham Junction (3.4 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Effingham Junction (3.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£523,974 average 5.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-06

Detached£939,146
Semi-detached£516,215
Terraced£422,733
Flat£266,513

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (5.6 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

43 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: RHS Garden Wisley (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools8
  • Sports pitches12
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,698
B £1,981
C £2,264
D £2,547
E £3,113
F £3,679
G £4,246
H £5,095

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • St Peter's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • Christ's College, GuildfordGood
  • George Abbot SchoolGood
  • Howard of Effingham SchoolGood
  • Ash Manor School
  • Guildford County School
  • Kings College Guildford

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

333 applications decided

82% granted · 273 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 3
  • Con 10
  • LD 25
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens20
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Guildford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wisley Airfield · 0.2 km

    Wisley Airfield is a former wartime airfield located in the Parish of Ockham near Wisley in Surrey, England. Originally a grass airstrip used to test aircraft built at Weybridge by Vickers, the runway was converted to…

  • RHS Garden Wisley · 1.1 km

    RHS Garden Wisley is a garden run by the Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley, Surrey, southwest of London. It is one of five gardens run by the society, the others being Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall, Rosemoor, and Bridgew…

  • Ockham, Surrey · 1.1 km

    Ockham is a rural and semi-rural village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England. The village starts immediately east of the A3 but the lands extend to the River Wey in the west where it has a large mill-house.…

  • Ockham and Wisley Commons · 1.2 km

    Ockham and Wisley Commons is a 266-hectare (660-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woking in Surrey. It is also a Local Nature Reserve and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection A…

  • All Saints' Church, Ockham · 1.3 km

    The Church of All Saints, usually known as All Saints' Church, is an Anglican church in Ockham, England. It is the parish church of Ockham with Hatchford and Downside. Due to its architectural significance, the church…

  • Ockham Park · 1.4 km

    Ockham Park is a seventeenth-century English country house in Ockham, Surrey.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Elm Corner?
Elm Corner is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
How deprived is Elm Corner?
The Guildford local authority, which includes Elm Corner, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.