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Farnham

Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 36,971. It has around 3 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 2 parks and greens, and around 43 restaurants and cafés, along with 43 bus stops and Farnham railway station 0.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £652,501, and there were around 90 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Farnham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Waverley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 128,227 residents at roughly 372 people per km².

Council
Waverley
County
Surrey
Constituency
South West Surrey
Police force
Surrey
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 44th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability6
Affordable rents28
Good schools51
Life expectancy95
Low deprivation98
Employment94
Low council tax10

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

8°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:32

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

121 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences36
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Shoplifting18
  • Criminal damage & arson12

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Farnham Town Centre · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting in Farnham Town Centre. Reports of retail crime have been increasing nationally. Surrey Police have prioritised retail crime…
  • Anti-social behaviour and criminal damage in the Brightwells development area - Farnham Town. Police have received reports of ASB around…

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

Road safety

198 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

191 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 154 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Farnham (0.6 km)
  • 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Farnham (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£559,306 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-08

Detached£936,989
Semi-detached£547,389
Terraced£428,533
Flat£277,139

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,459 average monthly rent▼ 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,057
  • 2 bed £1,354
  • 3 bed £1,634

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,832 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (4.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (7.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: WaverleyBC (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms5
  • Swimming pools20
  • Sports pitches28
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

128,227 residents in Waverley · 372/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,970
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,546
  • Net moves+2,424

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 289 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,605 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 57,540)

A £1,737
B £2,026
C £2,315
D £2,605
E £3,184
F £3,763
G £4,341
H £5,210

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

Schools

74 schools · 24,524 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Broadwater SchoolGood
  • Farnham Heath EndGood
  • Glebelands SchoolGood
  • Weydon SchoolGood
  • All Hallows Catholic School
  • Rodborough
  • Woolmer Hill School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waverley

Care & health services

1,403 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes393
  • GP practices201
  • Dentists359
  • Homecare agencies299
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (FARNHAM)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 287 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

328 applications decided

88.7% granted · 291 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Gregory Stafford

Conservative

Farnham and Bordon

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Con 10
  • LD 24
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 14

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens39
  • Restaurants & cafés51

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

500 jobs advertised · £39,243 avg

e.g. Podiatrist, Part time nanny, Live in Care Assistant for Zoology Uni Graduate

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£958 median full-time weekly pay

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

£40,616 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,504 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 70% · Wind 14% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 6%

286 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU9

  • Farnham Park Health Group
  • Central Surgery
  • Phyllis Tuckwell Mem.Hosp

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Farnham and Bordon:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Farnham · 0.1 km

    Farnham is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around 36 miles (58 km) southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch o…

  • St Andrew's Church, Farnham · 0.1 km

    St Andrew's Church is an Anglican parish church in the centre of Farnham, Surrey. It is a Grade I listed building and surviving parts of the structure date back to the Middle Ages. It is in the Archdeaconry of Surrey,…

  • Park Lane Chapel, Farnham · 0.3 km

    The building formerly known as Park Lane Chapel is a former Strict Baptist chapel in the ancient town of Farnham in Surrey, England. Now a house, it was in religious use for nearly 150 years and housed a congregation…

  • Crafts Study Centre · 0.3 km

    The Crafts Study Centre is a university museum of modern crafts, located next to the entrance of the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham, Surrey.

  • Willmer House · 0.3 km

    Willmer House is a grade I listed building in Farnham, Surrey, in England. Built in 1718 for a local hop merchant the building later became a school and dental surgery. Since 1961 it has housed the Museum of Farnham.…

  • Farnham (constituency) · 0.3 km

    Farnham was a constituency covering the south-westernmost and various western parts of Surrey for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1918—1983. Its main successor was South West Surrey. The seat was formed wit…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Farnham?
Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, in the Waverley local authority.
What is the population of Farnham?
Farnham has an approximate settlement population of 36,971.
How deprived is Farnham?
The Waverley local authority, which includes Farnham, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.