GU8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chiddingfold and Elstead, in Waverley.
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 GU8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 64% of people in GU8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How GU8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is GU8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in GU8 at a rate of 40.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.7 per 1,000 people across the GU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in GU8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (245), other crime (153) and anti-social behaviour (150).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in GU8 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 GU8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GU8 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in GU8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverley 011A | 1,149 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.8% |
| Waverley 011B | 1,690 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.8% |
| Waverley 011C | 1,670 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.7% |
| Waverley 011D | 1,282 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.4% |
| Waverley 011E | 1,163 | 16.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Waverley 012A | 1,826 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 48.7% |
| Waverley 012B | 1,125 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 50.4% |
| Waverley 012C | 1,499 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 33.9% |
| Waverley 012D | 1,367 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 62.2% |
| Waverley 012E | 1,346 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| Waverley 015B | 1,550 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 42.6% |
| Waverley 015C | 1,317 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 69.2% |
| Waverley 015D | 1,192 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.5% |
MPs for GU8
- Sir Jeremy HuntConservativeMP for Godalming and Ash99% of GU8’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs0.9% of GU8’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 GU83
Postcode sectors in GU83
Council1
Postcode districts next to GU89
Nearest rail stations2
More in the GU postcode area2
GU8 in brief
GU8 is a postcode district covering Chiddingfold and Elstead, in Waverley.
About 17,770 people lived in GU8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £642,500 in 2025 across 230 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in GU8 was £642,500 in 2025.
GU8 had 17,685 usual residents at the census.
About 64% of people in GU8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GU8, 70.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.