Postcode · Godalming
Crime in GU8 4SN
How much crime is recorded in GU8 4SN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ewhurst & Chiddingfold
- Council
- Waverley
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,096 (2024)
GU8 4SNGodalming
How safe is GU8 4SN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 12.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GU8 4SN area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
12.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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).
GU8 4SNNational
Burglary10.19.1
Violence and sexual offences9.223.6
Anti-social behaviour4.710.7
Public order2.94.6
Other theft2.94.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Other crime1.41.5
Shoplifting0.68.4
Vehicle crime0.33.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.