GU4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Guildford, Burpham and Merrow, 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 GU4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 12% of people in GU4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How GU4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is GU4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in GU4 at a rate of 38.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.7 per 1,000 people across the GU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 56 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in GU4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (231), anti-social behaviour (133) and other crime (113).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in GU4 was 45.0 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 GU4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GU4 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in GU4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford 001A | 1,663 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| Guildford 005F | 1,125 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.0% |
| Guildford 008A | 1,587 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Guildford 008B | 1,986 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| Guildford 008C | 1,613 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.3% |
| Guildford 008D | 1,450 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.1% |
| Guildford 011A | 2,266 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| Guildford 017D | 1,857 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.9% |
| Guildford 017E | 1,854 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 37.6% |
MPs for GU4
- Zöe FranklinLiberal DemocratMP for Guildford66% of GU4’s postcodes
- Sir Jeremy HuntConservativeMP for Godalming and Ash31% of GU4’s postcodes
- Mr Will ForsterLiberal DemocratMP for Woking3.0% of GU4’s postcodes
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 GU41
Postcode sectors in GU42
Council1
Towns in GU41
Postcode districts next to GU47
Nearest rail stations4
More in the GU postcode area2
GU4 in brief
GU4 is a postcode district covering Guildford, Burpham and Merrow, in Guildford.
About 16,680 people lived in GU4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £550,000 in 2025 across 285 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 38.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in GU4 was £550,000 in 2025.
GU4 had 16,406 usual residents at the census.
About 12% of people in GU4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GU4, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.