Crime Rate in Lightwater, ward

Lightwater has the 5th lowest crime rate of 14 wards in Surrey Heath district and the 1366th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 220th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lightwater in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% lower than the Surrey Heath district average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lightwater’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 733.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lightwater ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 57 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around The Close (9 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.