Worplesdon in South East has a Check Local Score of 68/100 (good), drawn from official data on safety, schools, transport, housing, amenities and the local environment, each measured against the national average — a score of 60 is typical for the country.
Worplesdon reads as detached houses behind hedges, gravel drives, and the kind of quiet that comes from money rather than neglect. The village sits at a fraction of the population density you'd find in most English towns, and that space shows in the streetscape — this is not a place of terraces and corner shops but of set-back homes and a working landscape of golf courses, commons and paddocks around them.
The numbers on wealth and deprivation put Worplesdon near the top of the national scale — both income and deprivation deciles sit at 9 out of 10, meaning this is one of the better-off corners of the South East, not just of England generally. That prosperity shows up squarely in the property market: sales here are dominated by semi-detached and detached freehold houses, with detached homes trading at more than double the national median. Even so, against its own parent district of Guildford — itself an expensive area — Worplesdon runs only modestly higher, about 3.6% above, so a For Sale board here says "comfortable" rather than "exceptional" once you're judging it against its immediate neighbours. Families tend to be older than the national average, with a median age north of 47, and schooling is a local fixture rather than an afterthought — Worplesdon Primary School anchors the village at over 500 pupils, alongside the smaller Wood Street Infant School and Pirbright Village Primary nearby.
Green space is genuinely part of daily life rather than a brochure line — with over 15 hectares spread across eight sites for a population of just 1,221, there's more open ground per head here than the regional or national average, and it shows in how the village organises itself around walking, riding and golf rather than a high street of restaurants. This isn't a place with much of a night-time economy, and that's a fair trade for most who choose it. Health provision is the one soft spot in an otherwise strong picture — while safety, housing and schools all sit comfortably above the national bar, the health grade lags behind, a small crack in an otherwise solid wall worth checking against your own needs rather than assuming away. Crime overall is low in volume — just over fifty incidents logged in a year — though violence and anti-social behaviour make up half of what there is, a pattern common to quiet villages where any incident stands out precisely because there's so little else.
This is a village for people who've already made their money or are comfortably on the way, who want space and quiet over convenience, and who don't mind driving rather than walking to get most things done. It suits those settling in for the long term more than anyone chasing a fast-moving social scene — the rhythm here is slow, established, and largely undisturbed.
Data last updated: 15 August 2026
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