Total Crime Rate
153.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Humbolt Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Onslow , and the 34th highest crime rate of 429 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 Humbolt Close (GU2 8DZ) in the last 12 months was 153.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% higher than the Onslow average (115.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -24.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 85.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Humbolt Close (GU2 8DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapelhouse Close (24 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 | Humbolt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cabell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southway | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Humbolt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cabell Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cabell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Tree Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cabell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Roundhill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roundhill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Barn East | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coachlads Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcrest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcrest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxburrows Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Humbolt Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Humbolt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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