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Crime in GU8 6

How much crime is recorded in GU8 6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Waverley
Region
South East
Population
9,521 (2024)
Crime

How safe is GU8 6

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in GU8 6, 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
16.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
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).

GU8 6National
Violence and sexual offences13.223.6
Anti-social behaviour9.710.7
Burglary8.49.1
Shoplifting7.18.4
Public order4.64.6
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Other theft2.34.5
Drugs2.22.4
Theft from the person1.32.1
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Other crime1.01.5
Robbery0.61.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 31% 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.

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