Postcode · Lightwater
Crime in GU18 5SW
How much crime is recorded in GU18 5SW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lightwater
- Council
- Surrey Heath
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,830 (2024)
GU18 5SWLightwater
How safe is GU18 5SW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 14.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GU18 5SW area, less than half 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
14.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
70
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 5SWNational
Shoplifting30.58.4
Other theft18.54.5
Violence and sexual offences10.423.6
Burglary7.89.1
Anti-social behaviour3.310.7
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Public order0.84.6
Drugs0.62.4
Criminal damage and arson0.64.7
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.41.4
Other crime0.31.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.