Total Crime Rate
100.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillfield Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Burpham , and the 70th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Guildford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillfield Close (GU1 2UR) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 126.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillfield Close (GU1 2UR), the main crime hotspot is near Ledger Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Guildford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Finches Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ledger Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hillfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Finches Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushy Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bushy Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturt Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ledger Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Dyke | Under investigation |
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