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Crime in GU6 8

How much crime is recorded in GU6 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Waverley
Region
South East
Population
19,382 (2024)
Crime

How safe is GU6 8

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in GU6 8, well below 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
16.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

GU6 8National
Violence and sexual offences12.823.6
Burglary5.79.1
Anti-social behaviour4.910.7
Shoplifting4.78.4
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Other theft2.14.5
Public order2.14.6
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Other crime0.81.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Robbery0.61.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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