Send
Send is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 6,597. It has one supermarket, three restaurants and cafés, 18 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Clandon, 2.9 km away. There were around 19 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 Send 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.
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.
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° / 7° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:34
9h 38m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · London Harlington, 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
23 reported · August 2026▲ 92% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences8
- Anti-social behaviour5
- Burglary3
- Other theft2
Neighbourhood team: Send, Ripley, Wisley, Ockham, The Horsleys, The Clandons & Effingham · Surrey
Local policing priorities
- Retail Crime - Shoplifting is a National priority and has an impact on businesses in the town.
- Anti-social behaviour (ASB) and Antisocial Driving (ASD) - increasing reports of ASB in rural location including off road use of Motorbik…
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
71 food businesses within 2 miles
- 58 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Clandon (2.9 km)
- 18 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Clandon (2.9 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY
Across Guildford · to 2026-08
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 (7.3 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.3 km)
7 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
52 charging locations within ~8 km
- 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Hillside Farm Apartments B&B (0.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools5
- Sports pitches14
- Playgrounds3
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)
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
- 26 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
Zöe Franklin
Liberal Democrat
Guildford
Recent votes:
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51
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
- Schools2
- GPs & clinics1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens16
- Restaurants & cafés3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
8,545 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
22 jobs advertised · £33,687 avg
e.g. Infrastructure Engineer, Technical Systems Engineer, Work from Home Independent Contractor
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
62% low-carbon electricity
Wind 46% · Gas 37% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 6%
154 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for South East 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
2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU23
- Villages Medical Ctr
- Hmp Send
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Guildford:
- Remove the grey belt planning rules519 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks340 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND331 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU319 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases150 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Send, Surrey · 0.2 kmSend is a village and civil parish in the Guildford borough of the English county of Surrey. The name is thought to mean "sandy place" and sand was extracted at various periods until the 1990s at pits in the outskirts…
Papercourt Marshes · 1.5 kmPapercourt Marshes is a 10-hectare (25-acre) nature reserve in the borough of Guildford in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. A roughly 50 hectares lake and associated surrounds, including the marshes…
- Woking Palace · 1.9 km
Woking Palace is a former manor house of the Royal Manor of Woking on the outskirts of Woking, near the village of Old Woking, Surrey.
- St Peter's Church, Old Woking · 1.9 km
St Peter's Church is situated in Old Woking, Surrey, England. It is recorded in the Domesday Book. It also has the third oldest surviving door in the British Isles. It also has the oldest door in Surrey.
Guildford (constituency) · 2.1 kmGuildford is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Zöe Franklin, a Liberal Democrat.
Old Woking · 2.3 kmOld Woking is a ward and the original settlement of the town and borough of Woking, Surrey, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of the modern town centre. It is bounded by the Hoe Stream to the north and the River Wey…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Send?
- Send is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
- What is the population of Send?
- Send has an approximate settlement population of 6,597.
- How deprived is Send?
- The Guildford local authority, which includes Send, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.