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GU2

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Guildford, Stoughton and Park Barn, in Guildford.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an GU2 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 34% of people in GU2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£475,000
Joint 341st most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
35,739
Joint 611th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
34%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How GU2 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

GU2Middle
Median sale price38 postcode districts, GU · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in GU38 areas from £360,000 to £857,500. The middle area is £490,875. GU2 is £475,000.
£475,00018th cheapest
Population38 postcode districts, GU · 2021
Population: every postcode district in GU38 areas from 4,268 to 57,677. The middle area is 17,816. GU2 is 35,739.
35,7395th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares38 postcode districts, GU · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in GU38 areas from 0.0% to 97.0%. The middle area is 2.0%. GU2 is 34.0%.
34%11th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage38 postcode districts, GU · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in GU38 areas from 12.7% to 97.9%. The middle area is 83.6%. GU2 is 88.0%.
88.0%15th highest

Is GU2 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in GU2 at a rate of 85.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.7 per 1,000 people across the GU postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 260 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in GU2.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,459), other crime (679) and anti-social behaviour (400).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in GU2 was 93.8 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in GU2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GU2 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in GU2

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Guildford 005E1,37599.0 per 1,000478.1%
Guildford 006A1,78069.7 per 1,000899.5%
Guildford 006B1,587144.8 per 1,000998.0%
Guildford 006C2,15421.1 per 1,0001093.7%
Guildford 006D2,48262.2 per 1,000998.9%
Guildford 009A1,57244.8 per 1,0001099.7%
Guildford 009B1,293100.7 per 1,000499.1%
Guildford 009C1,89349.0 per 1,000999.9%
Guildford 009D1,38522.5 per 1,0001099.6%
Guildford 012A4,67492.1 per 1,0001040.8%
Guildford 012B1,78660.0 per 1,000598.7%
Guildford 012C1,707134.5 per 1,000497.1%
Guildford 012D1,58942.2 per 1,000398.1%
Guildford 015A2,584489.7 per 1,000761.5%
Guildford 015B1,72525.7 per 1,0001096.3%
Guildford 015C3,20676.5 per 1,0001063.8%
Guildford 015D1,45925.9 per 1,0009100.0%
Guildford 016A1,56646.2 per 1,0001092.8%
Guildford 016B1,353114.2 per 1,000863.5%

MPs for GU2

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in GU24

Postcode sectors in GU24

Council1

Towns in GU21

Postcode districts next to GU23

Nearest rail stations4

More in the GU postcode area2

GU2 in brief

GU2 is a postcode district covering Guildford, Stoughton and Park Barn, in Guildford.

About 38,075 people lived in GU2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £475,000 in 2025 across 374 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 85.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in GU2 was £475,000 in 2025.

GU2 had 35,739 usual residents at the census.

About 34% of people in GU2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In GU2, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.