Postcode · Lightwater
Crime in GU18 5SU
How much crime is recorded in GU18 5SU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lightwater
- Council
- Surrey Heath
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,601 (2024)
GU18 5SULightwater
How safe is GU18 5SU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GU18 5SU area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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).
GU18 5SUNational
Violence and sexual offences14.423.6
Burglary4.39.1
Anti-social behaviour4.010.7
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Other theft2.74.5
Vehicle crime2.13.5
Other crime1.61.5
Public order1.54.6
Drugs1.02.4
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.