Is Haslemere a good place to live?

Haslemere has 11,897 residents, 100% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 100% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (4.3 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Haslemere postcode.

Haslemere recorded 4.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was violent.

How many people live in Haslemere?

11,897 people live in Haslemere (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 10.2 km² — about 1,162 per km².

What are the schools like in Haslemere?

There are 9 schools inside Haslemere; 100% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include Woolmer Hill School, Camelsdale Primary School and Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary School.

Haslemere is a town in Waverley, South East, England, served by Haslemere railway station.

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Living in Haslemere

Haslemere is a town in Waverley, South East, England. This guide describes it as one place — who lives there, what sits inside its boundary and how safe it is — from official UK data. For any single street, the NestScope area report covers every Haslemere postcode.

Haslemere is a town of 11,897 people at 1,162 per km², where 100% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half. 6 of its 6 inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and it recorded 4.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a month.

Good schools
Lower crime than most towns
Better-off than most towns
Railway station
Spacious
Fewer parks than most towns

11,897Haslemere population

1,162people per km²

100%live in England's better-off half

4.3crimes per 1,000 a month

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schools stations parks10.2 km² · ONS built-up area boundary

01 — What's in Haslemere

What's in Haslemere: schools, GPs, stations, parks and shops

Counted inside the town boundary. A school or station two streets past it belongs to the next place.

●Schools100% of inspected rated Good or Outstanding9

●GP practices · hospitals3 pharmacies, 3 dentists2 · 2

●Rail stations · bus stopsHaslemere1 · 93

●Parks & playing fields12.8 ha — (·· ha), (·· ha), (·· ha)9

●Supermarkets5

●Libraries1

02 — Schools in Haslemere

Best-rated schools in Haslemere

1Woolmer Hill SchoolSecondaryGood 2Camelsdale Primary SchoolPrimaryGood 3Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolPrimaryGood 4Shottermill Infant SchoolPrimaryGood 5Shottermill Junior SchoolPrimaryGood

Ranked by Ofsted grade. All 9 schools → Schools in Haslemere

03 — Haslemere crime rate

Haslemere crime rate

4.3crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary · 2026-06 to 2026-08

Fewer than the median English town of this size (9.8) · 51 recorded crimes a month in all

Violent

ASB

Shoplifting

Public order

Vehicle

Burglary

England median for a town of this size · full bar = 10 per 1,000 a month · police.uk street-level data

04 — Questions about Haslemere

Is Haslemere a good place to live?: Haslemere has 11,897 residents, 100% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 100% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (4.3 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Haslemere postcode.
Is Haslemere safe?: Haslemere recorded 4.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was violent.
How many people live in Haslemere?: 11,897 people live in Haslemere (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 10.2 km² — about 1,162 per km².
What are the schools like in Haslemere?: There are 9 schools inside Haslemere; 100% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include Woolmer Hill School, Camelsdale Primary School and Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary School.
Where is Haslemere?: Haslemere is a town in Waverley, South East, England, served by Haslemere railway station.

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This page is NestScope's guide to Haslemere as a whole town, built from the same official sources as the area reports: the ONS boundary of the built-up area, Census 2021, the English Indices of Deprivation, police.uk recorded crime and the Department for Education's school register. Counts are of what sits inside the boundary; crime is a three-month average. It is updated as those sources publish.

Sources — ONS built-up areas 2022, Output Area lookups and Census 2021 (OGL v3.0) · English Indices of Deprivation 2019, carried onto 2021 LSOAs · police.uk street-level crime, the town boundary passed as the query polygon · DfE GIAS + Ofsted, NHS ODS, NaPTAN, OS Open Greenspace, Geolytix, Arts Council — every point counted by which 2021 neighbourhood it falls in.