GU5 9BS

Tillingbourne · Guildford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Guildford
Constituency
Godalming and Ash
Postcode district
GU5
Postcode sector
GU5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GU5 9BT 4 m
GU5 9JU 41 m
GU5 9HB 53 m
GU5 9HF 53 m
GU5 9HE 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GU5 9BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GU
Postcode district
GU5
Postcode sector
GU5 9
Latitude
51.220052
Longitude
-0.463716
British National Grid easting
507,385
British National Grid northing
147,883

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Guildford · E07000209
Parish or community
E04009557
Westminster constituency
Godalming and Ash · E14001249
Output area
E00155524
Lower layer super output area
Guildford 018B · E01030491
Middle layer super output area
Guildford 018 · E02006361

Postcode source versions

Explore GU5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Shere CofE Aided Infant School

    Voluntary aided school

    60 m
  2. Peaslake Free School

    Free schools

    3.2 km
  3. Elysian, West Horsley

    Other independent special school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
128
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 41
  • Anti social behaviour 19
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Burglary 15
  • Other theft 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
GU5 9 residents
4,055

Age bands in GU5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

674 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

446 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.9%

733 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

1,422 residents

Age 65 and over
24.5%

1,060 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • SHERESURGERYANDDISPENSARY

    SHERE SURGERY & DISPENSARY, GOMSHALL LANE, SHERE, GUILDFORD, GU5 9DR

    ODS code H81077

    254 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Shere

    0.0 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Shere

    0.0 miles
  • Medical Centre

    BCT · Shere

    0.1 miles
  • Medical Centre

    BCT · Shere

    0.2 miles
  • Upper Lodge

    BCT · Shere

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Guildford 018B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,140 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Shere CofE Aided Infant School is the nearest published school at 60 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

128 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 41 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.