Postcode · Guildford
Crime in GU2 8LT
How much crime is recorded in GU2 8LT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Park Barn & Royal Surrey
- Council
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,951 (2024)
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How safe is GU2 8LT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GU2 8LT area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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).
GU2 8LTNational
Violence and sexual offences26.523.6
Anti-social behaviour8.510.7
Public order6.24.6
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Other theft3.24.5
Burglary2.29.1
Other crime1.61.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Drugs1.22.4
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Theft from the person0.22.1
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.