Total Crime Rate
659.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
279.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leapale Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Burpham , and the 7th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Guildford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leapale Lane (GU1 4LY) in the last 12 months was 659.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1379.0% 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 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 279.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leapale Lane (GU1 4LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 359 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (225 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Guildford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Shambles | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Shambles | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Shambles | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
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