Postcode · Guildford
Crime in GU5 9LN
How much crime is recorded in GU5 9LN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Gomshall, Shere & Albury
- Council
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,005 (2024)
GU5 9LNGuildford
How safe is GU5 9LN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GU5 9LN 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
15.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
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).
GU5 9LNNational
Burglary26.19.1
Violence and sexual offences5.323.6
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Other theft2.34.5
Anti-social behaviour1.910.7
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Public order1.54.6
Bicycle theft1.41.0
Other crime0.81.5
Robbery0.41.4
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 67% 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.