# Ash and Ash Vale

Town in Guildford and Surrey Heath, South East.

Ash and Ash Vale is a town in Guildford and Surrey Heath, South East. Median sale price £420,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 49.9 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63005564. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford)

Ash and Ash Vale is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ash and Ash Vale add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £420,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ash and Ash Vale was £420,000 in 2025. Joint 162nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ash-and-ash-vale#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 24,284** (2021). Ash and Ash Vale had 24,284 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 452nd most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ash-and-ash-vale#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 23%** (2022). About 23% of people in Ash and Ash Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ash-and-ash-vale#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.0%** (January 2026). In Ash and Ash Vale, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ash-and-ash-vale#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005564) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 23% of people in Ash and Ash Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005564) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 466 homes were sold in Ash and Ash Vale in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005564) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Ash and Ash Vale.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005564) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ash and Ash Vale had 24,284 usual residents at the census.

## How Ash and Ash Vale compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Ash and Ash Vale | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £420,000 | joint 83rd most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 24,284 | 88th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 23% | joint 95th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.0% | joint 31st highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Ash and Ash Vale safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ash and Ash Vale at a rate of 49.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 132 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ash and Ash Vale.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (480), other crime (280) and anti-social behaviour (201).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Ash and Ash Vale was 52.2 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 Ash and Ash Vale, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Ash and Ash Vale has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Ash and Ash Vale

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Guildford 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030426) | 1,532 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Guildford 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030427) | 1,404 | 23.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Guildford 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030428) | 1,280 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| [Guildford 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030429) | 1,478 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| [Guildford 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030430) | 1,430 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.1% |
| [Guildford 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030424) | 1,498 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Guildford 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030431) | 1,435 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.5% |
| [Guildford 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030432) | 1,527 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| [Guildford 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030433) | 1,655 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| [Guildford 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030421) | 1,746 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.4% |
| [Guildford 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030422) | 1,805 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| [Guildford 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030423) | 1,728 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| [Guildford 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/neighbourhood/e01030425) | 1,934 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Surrey Heath 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath/neighbourhood/e01030782) | 1,608 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.0% |
| [Surrey Heath 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath/neighbourhood/e01030783) | 1,660 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.1% |
| [Surrey Heath 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath/neighbourhood/e01030785) | 1,466 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.4% |

## Your MP

- [Godalming and Ash](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/godalming-and-ash): Sir Jeremy Hunt (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Councils Ash and Ash Vale sits in

[Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford), [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath)

## Postcode districts covering Ash and Ash Vale

[GU10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu10), [GU12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu12), [GU16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu16)

## Middle areas in Ash and Ash Vale

[Ash Vale](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/ash-vale), [Ash Wharf](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/ash-wharf), [Mytchett & Frith Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath/mytchett-and-frith-hill), [Tongham](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford/tongham)

## Towns near Ash and Ash Vale

[Farnborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnborough), [Aldershot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aldershot), [Frimley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frimley), [Weybourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/weybourne), [Farnham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnham), [Camberley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/camberley)

## Ash and Ash Vale in brief

Ash and Ash Vale is a town in Guildford and Surrey Heath, South East.
About 27,097 people lived in Ash and Ash Vale in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £420,000 in 2025 across 466 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Ash and Ash Vale was £420,000 in 2025.
Ash and Ash Vale had 24,284 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in Ash and Ash Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ash and Ash Vale, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005564
- Constituency: [Godalming and Ash †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/godalming-and-ash)
- Council: [Guildford †](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 6.54 km²
- People, mid-2024: 27,097*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 81

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Farnborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnborough), [Aldershot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aldershot), [Frimley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frimley), [Weybourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/weybourne), [Farnham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnham), [Camberley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/camberley)

## Latest updates for Ash and Ash Vale

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005564

## How to cite

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