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Farncombe

Town

Town in Waverley, South East.

Farncombe is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Farncombe 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 36% of people in Farncombe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£478,500
93rd most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
13,247
418th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
36%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Farncombe compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

FarncombeMiddle
Median sale price209 towns, South East · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South East209 areas from £215,500 to £1,300,000. The middle area is £393,500. Farncombe is £478,500.
£478,50048th most expensive
Population209 towns, South East · 2021
Population: every town in South East209 areas from 7,523 to 277,096. The middle area is 20,220. Farncombe is 13,247.
13,24764th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares209 towns, South East · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South East209 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 36.0%. Farncombe is 36.0%.
36%joint 104th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage209 towns, South East · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South East209 areas from 64.6% to 99.6%. The middle area is 90.4%. Farncombe is 86.3%.
86.3%joint 64th lowest

Is Farncombe safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Farncombe at a rate of 39.8 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, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Farncombe.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (236), other crime (101) and anti-social behaviour (100).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Farncombe was 40.8 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 Farncombe, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Farncombe has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • 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 Farncombe

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Waverley 005A1,51437.1 per 1,000997.9%
Waverley 005B1,33649.4 per 1,000685.1%
Waverley 005C1,35141.6 per 1,0005100.0%
Waverley 005D1,60079.7 per 1,000898.4%
Waverley 005E1,70152.4 per 1,000787.8%
Waverley 007B1,17421.0 per 1,0001069.0%
Waverley 007C1,17624.8 per 1,000995.4%
Waverley 007D1,99012.9 per 1,0001069.2%

Your MP

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

Council1

Postcode districts covering Farncombe1

Middle areas in Farncombe2

Towns near Farncombe6

Farncombe in brief

Farncombe is a town in Waverley, South East.

About 13,783 people lived in Farncombe in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £478,500 in 2025 across 202 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 39.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Farncombe was £478,500 in 2025.

Farncombe had 13,247 usual residents at the census.

About 36% of people in Farncombe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Farncombe, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.