Burpham, Boxgrove & Merrow West

Guildford · South East · population 9,594 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

100Area Score / 100 ?
  • #12 of 6,856 in England
  • #6 of 1,119 in South East
  • #1 of 18 in Guildford
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,621
Median age (est.)45
Density1,772per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above60%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 3%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 37%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 37%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional15%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 22%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Burpham, Boxgrove & Merrow West is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #12 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #1 of 18 in Guildford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (100) and lowest on Living environment (78). Typical homes here sold for about £724,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 135 sales), 45% above the wider Guildford median of £500,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,158 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £60,757 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 33 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 99 · #60
Employment 99 · #60
Education 100 · #5
Health 100 · #32
Crime 85 · #1,019
Housing & access 82 · #1,225
Living environment 78 · #1,479

House prices ?

£724,000median (12m) · +11.8% yr · n=135
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£724,000135+11.8%+14.6%
Detached£978,50066+3.0%+13.4%
Semi-detached£615,00021+12.8%+7.0%
Terraced£490,00019+26.9%+30.7%
Flat£305,00029-4.7%-11.6%
This area£724,000
Guildford£500,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£60,757±£8,872 · #154 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,342
Price-to-income ?11.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

10Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 315 offences
Guildford73
South East71
England83

Rank #639 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences154
Theft36
Burglary19
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons31
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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