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Jacobs Well

Jacobs Well is a village in Surrey, England. It has around four restaurants and cafés, 27 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Worplesdon, 2.4 km away. There were around 69 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 Jacobs Well 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
Guildford
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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 17° · 82% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:23

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

64 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences30
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Public order6

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Pirbright, Worplesdon, Jacobs Well & Normandy · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime - There has been a significant increase in the number of offenders being identified, arrested and charged with retail crime…
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) - Continuing reports of ASB and Anti-Social Driving (ASD) often leading to criminal offences.

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

243 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 208 rated 4–5 ★ (175 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Worplesdon (2.4 km)
  • 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Worplesdon (2.4 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: 157.9p · Esso (6.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (5.5 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

46 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: VINES GROUP GUILDFORD AC 2 (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds5

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
  • 25 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

Your MP

Zöe Franklin

Liberal Democrat

Guildford

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • Parks & greens14
  • Restaurants & cafés6

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

Grid electricity

27% low-carbon electricity

Imports 58% · Wind 24% · Gas 16% · Nuclear 2%

106 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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

  • Jacobs Well, Surrey · 0.6 km

    Jacobs Well or Jacobswell is a small village in Surrey, England, of 20th century creation, with a population of 1,171. The village forms a northern outskirt of Guildford, in the civil parish of Worplesdon which can be…

  • Stringer's Common · 0.7 km

    Stringer's Common is a 30-hectare (74-acre) nature reserve east of Worplesdon in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Pond Meadow School · 1.4 km

    Pond Meadow School is a small special school with academy status located in Guildford, Surrey, England for pupils aged 2 – 19.

  • Christ's College, Guildford · 1.4 km

    Christ's College is an age 11 to 16 secondary school administered by the Church of England that serves the Bellfields neighborhood of Guildford, Surrey, and England.

  • Whitmoor Common · 1.5 km

    Whitmoor Common is a 166-hectare (410-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Guildford in Surrey. It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area and the 184.9-…

  • Cycling UK · 1.5 km

    Cycling UK is a trading name of the Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC), which is a charitable organisation supporting cyclists and promoting bicycle use. Cycling UK is registered at Companies House as "Cyclists' Touring Clu…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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