Postcode · Guildford
Crime in GU5 9QL
How much crime is recorded in GU5 9QL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Gomshall, Shere & Albury
- Council
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,047 (2024)
GU5 9QLGuildford
How safe is GU5 9QL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GU5 9QL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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 9QLNational
Burglary15.69.1
Violence and sexual offences14.723.6
Anti-social behaviour7.910.7
Criminal damage and arson5.24.7
Other theft4.44.5
Public order3.64.6
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other crime1.61.5
Drugs0.52.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 12% 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.