Guildford: local statistics
Guildford is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 152,148 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Guildford, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Guildford at £532,917 for July 2026, a fall of 2.2% in twelve months. It ranks as 7th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest; the average for the South East was £380,878. The July peak was £544,955 in 2025, and prices are 20% above July 2016. The average price is 11.4 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Guildford. That ratio is the 7th highest ratio of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The claimant count for Guildford stood at 1,965 in August 2026, or 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). A year earlier the rate was 1.9%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.7% (September 2023) and 2.5% (August 2021).
Full-time employees living in Guildford earned a median £882.40 a week in April 2025 (£46,801 a year). It is the 13th highest of 64 in the South East, and 8.2% more than across the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £876.80, £5.60 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £651.60, so it has risen 35% before inflation.
A girl born in Guildford in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.4 years and a boy 81.6 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.8 years for women and -0.7 for men. It is the 14th highest for women of 64 in the South East.
8,545 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Guildford in March 2026, 1% fewer than in 2016. That is 56 for every 1,000 residents, 14th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest.
An estimated 82.5% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Guildford were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 5.4 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 72.7% and its highest 85.5%.
A Band D home in Guildford pays an average of £2,547.30 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. It is the 21st highest of the 64 council areas in the South East. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,671.76, so it has risen 52%.
The police recorded 71.7 crimes per 1,000 residents in Guildford in the year to March 2026 (10,913 offences in all), the 21st highest rate of 55 in the South East. A year earlier it was 70.3. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 56.1 to 73.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
152,148 people lived in Guildford in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.3% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 7.5% (the South East: +8.1%), mid-table in the South East, 33rd of 64. No earlier year in the series was higher.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 141,577 |
| 2016 | 142,891 |
| 2017 | 143,294 |
| 2018 | 142,384 |
| 2019 | 142,328 |
| 2020 | 142,732 |
| 2021 | 144,013 |
| 2022 | 146,389 |
| 2023 | 149,576 |
| 2024 | 151,682 |
| 2025 | 152,148 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £445,124 |
| July 2017 | £466,513 |
| July 2018 | £462,303 |
| July 2019 | £459,410 |
| July 2020 | £451,266 |
| July 2021 | £474,812 |
| July 2022 | £523,816 |
| July 2023 | £542,042 |
| July 2024 | £522,323 |
| July 2025 | £544,955 |
| July 2026 | £532,917 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £651.60 a week |
| 2016 | £662.60 a week |
| 2017 | £706.60 a week |
| 2018 | £726.50 a week |
| 2019 | £738.40 a week |
| 2020 | £760.30 a week |
| 2021 | £747.70 a week |
| 2022 | £815.20 a week |
| 2023 | £777.80 a week |
| 2024 | £849.60 a week |
| 2025 | £882.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,671.76 |
| 2017-18 | £1,745.77 |
| 2018-19 | £1,843.26 |
| 2019-20 | £1,916.54 |
| 2020-21 | £1,991.40 |
| 2021-22 | £2,050.33 |
| 2022-23 | £2,143.57 |
| 2023-24 | £2,214.77 |
| 2024-25 | £2,319.25 |
| 2025-26 | £2,428.89 |
| 2026-27 | £2,547.30 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 56.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 60.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 66.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 69.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 71.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 59.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 64.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 69.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 73.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 70.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 71.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.5% |
| 2016/17 | 72.7% |
| 2017/18 | 78.4% |
| 2018/19 | 75.2% |
| 2019/20 | 81.9% |
| 2020/21 | 82.6% |
| 2021/22 | 78.5% |
| 2022/23 | 85.5% |
| 2023/24 | 81.3% |
| 2024/25 | 83.5% |
| 2025/26 | 82.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,590 |
| 2017 | 8,745 |
| 2018 | 8,745 |
| 2019 | 8,790 |
| 2020 | 8,715 |
| 2021 | 8,630 |
| 2022 | 8,480 |
| 2023 | 8,320 |
| 2024 | 8,365 |
| 2025 | 8,465 |
| 2026 | 8,545 |
Questions about Guildford
What is the average house price in Guildford?
£532,917 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-2.2% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Guildford?
The ONS claimant count was 1,965 in August 2026, 2.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average salary in Guildford?
£882.40 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Guildford?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.6 years for men and 85.4 for women.
How much is Band D council tax in Guildford?
£2,547.30 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the crime rate in Guildford?
Home Office figures show 10,913 offences in the year to March 2026, or 71.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Guildford?
The ONS estimates 152,148 people lived in Guildford in mid-2025.
Who has power over Guildford
Every body that makes decisions for Guildford, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Guildford council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Guildford in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Godalming and Ash: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) MP
- Guildford: Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Surrey Heath: Dr Al Pinkerton (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK unemployment rate · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the South East: Eastleigh · Horsham · Reigate and Banstead · South Oxfordshire · Vale of White Horse · Windsor and Maidenhead
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