Ash Wharf
Middle areaWest Guildford. 6,515 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 24% of people in Ash Wharf live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Ash Wharf
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ash Wharf at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.6 per 1,000 people across Guildford.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 151 |
| Other crime | 68 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 57 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 57 |
| Drug offences | 22 |
| Vehicle crime | 21 |
| Burglary | 10 |
| Shoplifting | 9 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Ash Wharf compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ash Wharf safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ash Wharf at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.6 per 1,000 people across Guildford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ash Wharf.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (151), other crime (68) and anti-social behaviour (57).
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.
Figures for the whole of Guildford
These figures are published for the whole of Guildford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Guildford and not Ash Wharf alone. See Guildford
Ash Wharf in brief
The median price paid for a home in Ash Wharf was £420,000 in 2025.
Ash Wharf had 6,114 usual residents at the census.
About 24% of people in Ash Wharf live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ash Wharf, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.