Total Crime Rate
1685.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
600.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sydenham Road area has the highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Burpham , and the 2nd 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 Sydenham Road (GU1 3RT) in the last 12 months was 1685.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3682.8% higher than the Burpham average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 260 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -11.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 296 (≈ 600.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sydenham Road (GU1 3RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Shambles, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ward Street (49 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chertsey Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chertsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chertsey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chertsey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Shambles | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Shambles | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Shambles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chertsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Awaiting court outcome |
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