Postcode district · Guildford
Crime in GU1
How much crime is recorded in GU1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 43,012 (2024)
GU1Postcode district · Guildford
How safe is GU1
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in GU1, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
87
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
GU1National
Violence and sexual offences30.523.6
Shoplifting13.98.4
Anti-social behaviour11.710.7
Public order10.04.6
Burglary6.39.1
Criminal damage and arson6.14.7
Other theft5.54.5
Drugs2.82.4
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Other crime1.61.5
Robbery1.21.4
Theft from the person1.02.1
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 26% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.