Overview of Guildford crime rate
Crime rating – high.
Guildford ranks 8th out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 12474 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Guildford has a population of 143649. This equates to a crime rate of 86.84 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents an increase of 6.16 % compared to previous year.
Most common crime types in Guildford are Violence and sexual offences (33.1%) Anti-social behaviour (14.8%) Public order (10.2%) and least common crime types are Possession of weapons (0.7%) Theft from the person (0.7%) Robbery (0.5%).
There are 22 wards in Guildford. Wards with high crime rates are Friary and St Nicolas (351.1), Holy Trinity (169.1), Stoke (Guildford) (117.6) . On the other end, safest wards are Send (38.6), Pirbright (33.5), Merrow (33.0) .
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Guildford crime incidents by crime type
A total of 12474 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.
- Violence and sexual offences – 4127 (33.1)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 1840 (14.8)%
- Public order – 1278 (10.2)%
- Shoplifting – 1095 (8.8)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 1013 (8.1)%
- Other theft – 936 (7.5)%
- Vehicle crime – 759 (6.1)%
- Burglary – 442 (3.5)%
- Drugs – 311 (2.5)%
- Other crime – 233 (1.9)%
- Bicycle theft – 193 (1.5)%
- Possession of weapons – 90 (0.7)%
- Theft from the person – 91 (0.7)%
- Robbery – 66 (0.5)%
How does Guildford compare against nearby areas ?
Guildford ranks 8th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Guildford is compared against
Crime rates in postcode districts under Guildford
There are 19 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Guildford. Highest crime rates in GU1, GU11, GU2 .
- GU1 – 163.0
- GU11 – 117.3
- GU2 – 92.8
- KT11 – 87.7
- GU14 – 86.2
- GU12 – 73.5
- KT2 – 72.6
- GU23 – 62.8
- GU24 – 56.9
- GU16 – 56.6
- GU3 – 56.1
- GU7 – 55.6
- GU8 – 53.6
- GU5 – 49.4
- GU4 – 46.4
- KT23 – 46.2
- GU10 – 44.7
- RH5 – 44.1
- KT24 – 42.8