Total Crime Rate

100.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 59.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Finches Rise 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 Finches Rise (GU1 2UW) 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 Finches Rise (GU1 2UW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Finches Rise area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Finches Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Finches Rise
Apr 2026Other crime Hillfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Dyke Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Great Goodwin Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bushy Hill Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ledger Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ledger Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sturt Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bushy Hill Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Finches Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Finches Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Finches Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gorse Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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