Although not JQuery, you can access it using the following:
document.location.href.match(/[^\/]+$/)[0]
or
document.location.pathname.match(/[^\/]+$/)[0] in case of unneeded anchors/hash tags (#).
Although not JQuery, you can access it using the following:
document.location.href.match(/[^\/]+$/)[0]
or
document.location.pathname.match(/[^\/]+$/)[0] in case of unneeded anchors/hash tags (#).