GU5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bramley, Shamley Green and Shere, in Waverley and 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 GU5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 55% of people in GU5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How GU5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is GU5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in GU5 at a rate of 43.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.7 per 1,000 people across the GU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in GU5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (169), other crime (97) and anti-social behaviour (91).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in GU5 was 36.8 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 GU5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GU5 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in GU5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford 018A | 1,659 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 30.1% |
| Guildford 018B | 2,003 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 6.9% |
| Guildford 018C | 1,997 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 25.3% |
| Waverley 008A | 1,872 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 13.4% |
| Waverley 008B | 1,599 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 6.9% |
| Waverley 008C | 1,567 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 41.9% |
| Waverley 008D | 1,940 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 8.0% |
Your MP
- Sir Jeremy HuntConservativeMP for Godalming and Ash
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 GU52
Postcode sectors in GU52
Councils GU5 covers2
Postcode districts next to GU57
Nearest rail stations3
More in the GU postcode area2
GU5 in brief
GU5 is a postcode district covering Bramley, Shamley Green and Shere, in Waverley and Guildford.
About 11,343 people lived in GU5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £795,000 in 2025 across 119 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in GU5 was £795,000 in 2025.
GU5 had 11,184 usual residents at the census.
About 55% of people in GU5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GU5, 12.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.