Total Crime Rate

98.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Guildford Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Lightwater , and the 46th highest crime rate of 291 local areas in Surrey Heath .

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 Guildford Road (GU18 5RJ) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 163.1% higher than the Lightwater average (37.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Guildford Road (GU18 5RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Catena Rise (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Guildford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badger Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badger Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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