Total Crime Rate

375.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 375.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 142.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Public order 35.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

York Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Burpham , and the 13th highest crime rate of 434 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 York Road (GU1 4AT) in the last 12 months was 375.0 per 1,000 residents and was 692.5% higher than the Burpham average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 126.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 345.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (GU1 4AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 323 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (222 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in York Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Stoke Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tunsgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tunsgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tunsgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunsgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tunsgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Drugs Onslow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shambles Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shambles Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shambles Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Onslow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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