Total Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Avondale area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Ash Vale , and the 48th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Guildford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Avondale (GU12 5NE) in the last 12 months was 14.9 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% lower than the Ash Vale average (55.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avondale (GU12 5NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road West, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Drive (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ash Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Alder Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cypress Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellesley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road West | Under investigation |
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