Total Crime Rate

313.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 313.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 78.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Public order 34.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.1 10/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 10.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High 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.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Angel Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pound Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Borough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower South Street

Data Sources

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