Postcode district · Virginia Water
Crime in GU25
How much crime is recorded in GU25, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Runnymede
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 8,264 (2024)
GU25Postcode district · Virginia Water
How safe is GU25
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in GU25, broadly in line with 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
34.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
60
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).
GU25National
Violence and sexual offences30.723.6
Burglary10.89.1
Anti-social behaviour8.410.7
Public order6.44.6
Other theft3.64.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Shoplifting1.58.4
Drugs1.12.4
Other crime0.81.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 65% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.