Total Crime Rate
5.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oak Tree Gardens area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Burpham , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Guildford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oak Tree Gardens (GU1 1EX) in the last 12 months was 5.3 per 1,000 residents and was 88.1% lower than the Burpham average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oak Tree Gardens (GU1 1EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Great Goodwin Drive, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodruff Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Guildford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartoon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodruff Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Goodwin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddocks Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bartoon Place | Under investigation |
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