Guildford property guide

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Guildford, Surrey. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of February 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register.

Median sale price (12m)

£500,000

Sales registered (12m)

838

Open schools

38

House prices in Guildford

The median sale price in Guildford over the last 12 months was £500,000, across 838 recorded transactions. That is 3.1% higher than the previous 12 months.

Semi-detached homes were the most-traded type in Guildford, accounting for 298 of the period's sales at a median of £533,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£830,000	202
Semi-detached	£533,000	298
Terraced	£440,000	149
Flat	£282,500	173
Other	£272,500	16

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Schools in Guildford

Guildford has 38 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 23 primary, 5 secondary and 7 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Guildford centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Christ's College, Guildford	GU1 1JY	0.9 km
George Abbot School	GU1 1XX	1.7 km
Guildford County School	GU2 4LU	2 km
St Peter's Catholic School	GU1 2TN	2.4 km
Kings College Guildford	GU2 8DU	2.6 km

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Crime in Guildford

In Guildford, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (29.2%), anti-social behaviour (16.0%) and public order (11.5%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	29.2%
Anti-social behaviour	16.0%
Public order	11.5%
Criminal damage and arson	9.7%
Other theft	8.6%

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Postcode districts in Guildford

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Guildford boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
GU1	6,305
GU2	6,305
GU3	6,305
GU4	6,305
GU5	6,305

Living near Guildford

Nearby towns include Woking, Epsom, Camberley, Farnham and Redhill.

Woking
Epsom
Camberley
Farnham
Redhill

Frequently asked questions about Guildford

The median sale price in Guildford over the last 12 months was £500,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 38 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Guildford area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Guildford over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 6,305 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Guildford sold prices

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Crime in Guildford

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Schools in Guildford

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