Crime Statistics for Shortheath, Waverley, Surrey, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Shortheath in August 2024. There were a total of 17 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Shortheath, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	11
Shoplifting	2
Public Order	2
Burglary	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	17

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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 Shortheath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Farnham (1.39 miles)	89
Shortheath	17
Boundstone	14
Lower Bourne (0.62 miles)	12
The Bourne (0.62 miles)	8
Millbridge (1.39 miles)	6
Shortfield Common (1.39 miles)	6
Rowledge (0.88 miles)	4
Tilford Reeds (1.96 miles)	3
Holt Pound (1.39 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Shortheath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Farnham	42
Shortheath	11
Boundstone	11
Lower Bourne	6
Shortfield Common	6
The Bourne	5
Millbridge	4
Rowledge	1
Tilford Reeds	1
Holt Pound	0

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

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 Shortheath 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 Shortheath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shortheath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Shortheath is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Farnham Upper Hale	48
2	Binsted, Bentley & Selborne	42
3	Farnham Moor Park	34
4	Frensham, Dockenfield and Tilford	32
5	Farnham Castle	30
6	Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge	24
7	Crookham West and Ewshot	18
8	Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone	17
9	Farnham Firgrove	15
10	Farnham Hale and Heath End	12
11	Farnham Bourne	6

Which road in Shortheath has the highest level of crime?

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