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Mytchett

Mytchett is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 4,624. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, along with 13 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Ash Vale, 0.9 km away. There were around 50 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 Mytchett area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Guildford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 143,650 residents at roughly 530 people per km².

Council
Guildford
County
Surrey
Constituency
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability19
Affordable rents19
Good schools45
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation96
Employment94
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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 30% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:31

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

72 reported · August 2026▲ 24% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences24
  • Anti-social behaviour16
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Public order5

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Mytchett, Deepcut & Frimley Green · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Waters Edge Estate, Deepcut – ASB related issues around drug use.
  • Frimley Green – ASB at Frimley Lodge Park by the illegal use of motorcycles and E-Scooters

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

Road safety

337 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 23.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

366 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 294 rated 4–5 ★ (240 top)
  • 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Frimley Lodge (1.0 km)
  • 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from North Camp (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Detached£963,231
Semi-detached£529,441
Terraced£435,465
Flat£272,671

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,736 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,185
  • 2 bed £1,541
  • 3 bed £1,866

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

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

Property sales

1,806 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: 157.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

42 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: The Squirrel (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches22
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds20

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,806
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,143
  • Net moves−337

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 284 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

49 inspected 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

1,403 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

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

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

Planning decisions

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat

Surrey Heath

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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

  • Schools8
  • Parks & greens58
  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

202 jobs advertised · £53,954 avg

e.g. TIG Welder, Kitchen Cleaner - Early Mornings, Composite Technician (Aircraft Structures)

Source: Adzuna

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 63% · Wind 21% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 6%

258 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in GU16

  • Bartlett Group Practice
  • Station Road Surgery
  • Surrey Heath Pcn Enhanced Access

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Surrey Heath:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Mytchett · 0.7 km

    Mytchett is a village in the south-west corner of the borough of Surrey Heath, in Surrey, England. It is approximately 30 mi (48 km) south-west of central London and 2 miles (3 km) to the east of Farnborough, its near…

  • Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Area · 1.0 km

    Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Area is a 2.7-hectare (6.7-acre) Local Nature Reserve Surrey. It is owned by Guildford Borough Council and managed by the Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Group.

  • Frimley Lodge Park Railway · 1.1 km

    The Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway is operated by the Frimley and Ascot Locomotive Club and is located within Frimley Lodge Park, Surrey. The railway consists of two tracks, a ground level and an elevated track.

  • Keogh Barracks · 1.3 km

    Keogh Barracks is a British Army installation on Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Surrey, England.

  • Frimley Lodge Park · 1.3 km

    Frimley Lodge Park is a 24 hectares recreational site located between Frimley Green and Mytchett in Surrey, England.

  • Salesian College, Farnborough · 1.4 km

    Salesian College is an independent Roman Catholic school in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Founded in 1901 as a small preparatory school for boys, it soon expanded to provide secondary education owing to its increas…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Mytchett?
Mytchett is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
What is the population of Mytchett?
Mytchett has an approximate settlement population of 4,624.
How deprived is Mytchett?
The Guildford local authority, which includes Mytchett, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.