Crime Statistics for Bushy Hill, Guildford, Surrey, 2024

Crime statistics for Bushy Hill, Guildford

There were a total of 46 street level crime incidents in Bushy Hill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bushy Hill, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime12
Anti Social Behaviour8
Shoplifting7
Criminal Damage Arson5
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary3
Public Order3
Other Theft2
Other Crime2
All Crime46

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bushy Hill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bushy Hill

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bushy Hill and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bushy Hill has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Bellfields (1.86 miles)550
Abbotswood (1.24 miles)463
Stoughton (2.48 miles)245
Jacobs Well (1.96 miles)184
Rydeshill (3.1 miles)132
Burpham (0.88 miles)77
Bushy Hill46
Burntcommon (1.96 miles)11
Newlands Corner (1.75 miles)6
Chilworth (2.48 miles)4

20.25%
of Merrow residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bushy Hill?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bushy Hill and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Bellfields193
Abbotswood143
Stoughton83
Jacobs Well63
Rydeshill55
Burpham20
Bushy Hill12
Burntcommon7
Newlands Corner2
Chilworth2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bushy Hill?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bushy Hill to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bushy Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bushy Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bushy Hill is ranked #10.

#WardScore
1Friary and St Nicolas66
2Stoke55
3Westborough50
4Holy Trinity34
5Worplesdon27
6Christchurch25
7Burpham25
8Stoughton24
9Tillingbourne17
10Merrow13
11Onslow8

Which road in Bushy Hill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bushy Hill with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Merrow Woods.

Last updated: February 2024
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