Total Crime Rate
130.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Goodwin Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Burpham , and the 46th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Guildford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Goodwin Drive (GU1 2TY) in the last 12 months was 130.8 per 1,000 residents and was 193.5% higher than the Burpham average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Goodwin Drive (GU1 2TY), 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 Ledger Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Guildford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Finches Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ledger Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturt Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Dyke | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Finches Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ledger Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Goodwin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodruff Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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