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Wrecclesham

Wrecclesham is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has 1 school, 1 park, and 1 restaurant or café, served by 31 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Farnham, 2.8 km away. There were around 40 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 Wrecclesham 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

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 25° / 17° · 64% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:22

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

47 reported · July 2026 19% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Public order5
  • Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Wrecclesham, Rowledge & The Bourne · 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…
  • Shoplifting - Reports of retail crime have been increasing nationally. Surrey Police have prioritised retail crime and has seen a signifi…

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

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

158 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 123 rated 4–5 ★ (104 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Farnham (2.0 km)
  • 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Farnham (2.0 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (6.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (6.5 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: WaverleyBC (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools12
  • Sports pitches19
  • Playgrounds7

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 52 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

Your MP

Gregory Stafford

Conservative

Farnham and Bordon

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

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

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £63,750 avg

e.g. Live in Care Assistant for Zoology Uni Graduate, Online Piano Tutoring Job in Wrecclesham – Flexible Schedule, Web Designer and Developer

Source: Adzuna

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

Grid electricity

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Wind 13% · Biomass 10% · Nuclear 6%

268 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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 Farnham and Bordon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Peter's Church, Wrecclesham · 0.4 km

    St Peter's Church is an active Anglican Parish church in Wrecclesham, a village outside Farnham in Surrey. It is in the deanery of Farnham, the archdeaconry of Surrey and the Diocese of Guildford. The church was conse…

  • Wrecclesham · 0.4 km

    Wrecclesham is a village on the southern outskirts of the town of Farnham in Surrey, England. Its local government district is the Borough of Waverley.

  • Green Lane Cemetery, Farnham · 0.4 km

    Green Lane Cemetery is a small cemetery on Green Lane in Farnham in Surrey, one of four cemeteries owned and maintained by Farnham Town Council.

  • Weydon School · 0.4 km

    Weydon School is a secondary academy school located in Weydon Lane, Farnham, Surrey, England. It is the lead school of the Weydon Multi Academy Trust.

  • Underdown nature reserve · 0.6 km

    Underdown is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) nature reserve in Farnham in Surrey. It is owned and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Farnham Pottery · 0.7 km

    Farnham Pottery is located in Wrecclesham near Farnham, Surrey. This is one of the best preserved examples of a working Victorian country pottery left in England and is a grade II listed building. Its significance in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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