Total Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesham Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Burpham , and the 157th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Guildford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chesham Road (GU1 3LS) in the last 12 months was 58.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesham Road (GU1 3LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Road, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hunter Road (35 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 | Hunter Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baillie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chesham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pewley Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freshborough Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jenner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clandon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Austen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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