Total Crime Rate
313.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Waverley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (GU7 1AP) in the last 12 months was 313.0 per 1,000 residents and was 516.6% higher than the Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse average (50.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 104.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (GU7 1AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Angel Court | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pound Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower South Street | — |
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