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Grafham

Grafham is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 2,000. There are two bus stops and the nearest railway station is Farncombe, 5.6 km away. In June 2026, there was one recorded street crime, most commonly Burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Grafham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Waverley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). 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
65/ 100

My Area Score

Good

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

Low crime97
Home affordability6
Affordable rents28
Good schools51
Life expectancy95
Low deprivation99
Employment96
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

24°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 24° / 12° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

186 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 18 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Farncombe (5.6 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Farncombe (5.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£560,596 average 0.8% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-06

Detached£936,984
Semi-detached£546,333
Terraced£427,053
Flat£282,071

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,450 average monthly rent 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,051
  • 2 bed £1,346
  • 3 bed £1,624

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Boyd-Doug (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools10
  • Sports pitches16

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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 313 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

75 schools · 24,691 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 30 other

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

50inspected 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

1,391 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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

325 applications decided

89.8% granted · 292 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens21
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£958 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% 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

Health

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Godalming and Ash:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Christ Church, Shamley Green · 2.2 km

    Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in Shamley Green, Surrey, England. It was constructed in 1863 as a chapel of ease and became a parish church in 1881. Christ Church is part of the Church of England's…

  • Cucknell's Wood · 2.5 km

    Cucknell's Wood is a 11-hectare (27-acre) nature reserve south-east of Shamley Green in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Hascombe · 2.6 km

    Hascombe is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England. It is around 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Godalming in the Borough of Waverley. The settlement contains a large cluster of cottages and country estates, St P…

  • St Peter's Church, Hascombe · 2.8 km

    St Peter's church in Hascombe, which is grade II* listed, was rebuilt during the mid-19th century, and the new church consecrated in June 1864. The original church dated from the 13th century but by 1862, when Canon V…

  • Winkworth Arboretum · 2.8 km

    Winkworth Arboretum is a National Trust-owned arboretum in the civil parish of Munstead and Tuesley between Godalming and Hascombe, south-west Surrey, England.

  • Orchards, Surrey · 3.2 km

    Orchards is an Arts and Crafts style house in Bramley in Surrey, England. It is on Bramley's boundary with Busbridge and 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Godalming town centre. Described by English Heritage as the first…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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