Farnham Shortheath
Middle areaWest Waverley. 7,304 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in Farnham Shortheath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Farnham Shortheath
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Farnham Shortheath at a rate of 35.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 43.1 per 1,000 people across Waverley.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 108 |
| Other crime | 61 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 28 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 20 |
| Shoplifting | 19 |
| Vehicle crime | 12 |
| Burglary | 7 |
| Drug offences | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Farnham Shortheath compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Farnham Shortheath safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Farnham Shortheath at a rate of 35.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 43.1 per 1,000 people across Waverley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Farnham Shortheath.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (108), other crime (61) and anti-social behaviour (28).
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 Waverley
These figures are published for the whole of Waverley, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Waverley and not Farnham Shortheath alone. See Waverley
Farnham Shortheath in brief
The median price paid for a home in Farnham Shortheath was £630,000 in 2025.
Farnham Shortheath had 7,178 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Farnham Shortheath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Farnham Shortheath, 82.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.