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Runfold

Runfold is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Mills Wood, 3.3 km away. There were around 33 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Runfold 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
Guildford
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

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:33

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

44 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences22
  • Other theft6
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Anti-social behaviour3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Weybourne, Badshot Lea & Moor Park · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Waverley has been identified as a force hotspot for Fraud and Rogue offender offences. Statistically it is more likely a person aged 70 a…
  • Increased reports of Anti-social behaviour in Tices Meadow.

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

300 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 237 rated 4–5 ★ (178 top)
  • 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Farnham (2.8 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aldershot (2.9 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: 168.9p · Asda (2.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Eurogarages Esso Hog's Back (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools27
  • Sports pitches51
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds8

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 19 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

Gregory Stafford

Conservative

Farnham and Bordon

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools3
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens28
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £47,500 avg

e.g. IT Manager, Care Assistant - Extra Care - Place Court (R5B198EC2)

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 21% · Biomass 10% · Nuclear 8%

245 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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU10

  • Holly Tree Surgery
  • Farnham Dene Medical Practice
  • Crondall New Surgery

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

  • Runfold · 0.1 km

    Runfold is a village in Surrey, U.K., about 2 mi (3.2 km) ENE of Farnham.

  • Runfold Wood · 0.8 km

    Runfold Wood is a 12-hectare (30-acre) nature reserve east of Farnham in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Badshot Lea Long Barrow · 1.1 km

    Badshot Lea Long Barrow, also known as Farnham Long Barrow, was an unchambered long barrow located near the village of Badshot Lea in the south-eastern English county of Surrey. It was probably constructed in the fou…

  • Badshot Lea · 1.1 km

    Badshot Lea is a village in Surrey, England, close to Aldershot. Badshot Lea has access in either direction to the A31 and A331 and is connected to railway stations in the nearby towns with regular bus services. The v…

  • Compton, Waverley · 1.2 km

    Compton is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred 1 mile (1.6 km) ESE of Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England and connected to Farnham by two direct urban single carriageways and green s…

  • Moor Park, Farnham · 1.4 km

    For the school in the UK see More House School, Frensham

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Runfold?
Runfold is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
How deprived is Runfold?
The Guildford local authority, which includes Runfold, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.