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Godalming Central & Ockford

Ward

North Waverley. About 4,933 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 10% of people in Godalming Central & Ockford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,284
2,148th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
10%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
75.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Godalming Central & Ockford compares

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

Godalming Central & OckfordMiddle
Population24 wards, Waverley · 2021
Population: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 2,565 to 8,902. The middle area is 5,298. Godalming Central & Ockford is 4,284.
4,2846th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Waverley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 17.0%. Godalming Central & Ockford is 10.0%.
10%11th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Waverley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 26.3% to 95.1%. The middle area is 72.7%. Godalming Central & Ockford is 75.6%.
75.6%11th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Waverley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 0.3% to 2.8%. The middle area is 2.2%. Godalming Central & Ockford is 2.3%.
2.3%joint 9th highest

Is Godalming Central & Ockford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Godalming Central & Ockford at a rate of 78.8 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, 52 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Godalming Central & Ockford.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (154), other crime (101) and shoplifting (62).

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 ward, so they describe all of Waverley and not Godalming Central & Ockford alone. See Waverley

Average house price
£559,306
Down 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£49,769
16th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.2×
Joint 32nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.1
Joint 7th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Godalming Central & Ockford in brief

Godalming Central & Ockford had 4,284 usual residents at the census.

About 10% of people in Godalming Central & Ockford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Godalming Central & Ockford, 75.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Godalming Central & Ockford, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.