Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Less crime per resident is recorded in Camberley than in 65% of UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people
Violence and property crime split as 27.7 violent and sexual offences and 10.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year. Its Safety Grade is C+, on crimes police recorded inside Camberley’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: #41 of 65 in Surrey. Recorded violence fell 10% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Camberley
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% less violent crime per resident in Camberley than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 9% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 178 UK towns of 26,000 to 50,000 people, Camberley has the 39th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Didcot, Larkfield and Great Malvern, higher than Bushey, Newtownards and Burntwood. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 24% of Camberley’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 5% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Camberley’s C+
A firm grade. Built on 4,240 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Camberley against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
1 in 4 Camberley residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
42% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 5% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Camberley’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Camberley is 39th of 178 UK towns of 26,000 to 50,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
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| 11 | New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater Surrey | 33,035 | 18.5 | 9.5 | 8.1 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | West Molesey Surrey | 47,144 | 19.1 | 10.5 | 6.8 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Tadworth and Epsom Downs Surrey | 27,095 | 22.9 | 13.1 | 5.7 | C+ |
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| 36 | Bushey Hertfordshire | 28,427 | 23.4 | 13.9 | 10.3 | C+ |
| 37 | Newtownards Ards and North Down | 29,677 | 28.7 | 9.1 | 8.9 | C+ |
| 38 | Burntwood Staffordshire | 27,891 | 27.5 | 10.5 | 10 | C+ |
| 39 | Camberley Surrey | 36,787 | 27.7 | 10.8 | 14.7 | C+ |
| 40 | Lytham St Anne's Lancashire | 42,693 | 27.3 | 11.2 | 11.6 | C+ |
| 41 | Ewell Surrey | 27,509 | 22.4 | 16.2 | 13.7 | C+ |
| 42 | Abingdon-on-Thames Oxfordshire | 33,179 | 30 | 9.1 | 10.6 | C+ |
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| 47 | Horley Surrey | 27,067 | 28.5 | 10.8 | 9.1 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 178 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Camberley, and others in Surrey.
How crime in Camberley has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -10% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -9% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +15% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -2% (towns its size -4%).
Lowest recorded crime in Heatherside, St Pauls and Parkside; highest in Town
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heatherside | 7,508 | 9.5 | 4.8 | |
| St Pauls | 4,907 | 12.6 | 7.3 | |
| Parkside | 2,073 | 12.2 | 9.6 | |
| Old Dean | 5,489 | 32.3 | 6.6 | |
| Watchetts | 5,560 | 33.3 | 11.3 | |
| St Michaels | 6,000 | 36.4 | 15.9 | |
| Town | 5,250 | 50.2 | 17.5 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 653 | 30% shoplifting & theft |
| Shopping areas | 368 | 33% anti-social behaviour |
| Nightclubs | 239 | 37% violent |
| Supermarkets | 183 | 50% shoplifting & theft |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 43 | 51% violent |
| Petrol stations | 41 | 39% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Town records 2.1× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Camberley. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Camberley. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Camberley’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Camberley runs highest on shoplifting (7.9 per 1,000 against 6.1), other theft (5.4 per 1,000 against 4.4) and public order (6.6 per 1,000 against 5.4). Burglary and vehicle crime sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 911 | 24.8 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 486 | 13.2 | 12.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 291 | 7.9 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 243 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 221 | 6 | 6.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 200 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 72 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 70 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 61 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 60 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 25 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 25 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 20 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 17 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Camberley per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 14 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 67% of Camberley’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 14% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (62% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 7% of violent and 1% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 1,447 crimes.
Four people died in collisions on Camberley’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 290 collisions with injuries inside Camberley in five years, in which four people died. 67 people were killed or seriously injured: 6 on foot and 7 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Camberley’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Camberley’s own rate (2.2) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Camberley had 36.4 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 9% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Camberley’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Camberley
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camberley | 36,787 | 27.7 | 10.8 | C+ |
| Frimley | 15,101 | 26.4 | 9.7 | C+ |
| Hawley | 2,581 | 13.6 | 7.1 | A− |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 23.9 | 18.8 | C |
| Bagshot | 5,930 | 28.2 | 12.9 | C |
| Sandhurst | 20,220 | 14.9 | 6.8 | A− |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 21.4 | 9.4 | B− |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 11.3 | 7 | A |
Camberley records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Deepcut and Bagshot record more. Frimley, 1.7 miles away, records 26.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Camberley’s 27.7.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Camberley sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Camberley
Is Camberley safe?
Police recorded 27.7 violent and sexual offences and 10.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Camberley’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 38% of UK towns. Among 178 UK towns of 26,000 to 50,000 people, Camberley is 39th from the least crime. 24% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Camberley?
By council ward, Heatherside, St Pauls and Parkside record the least violent and household crime per resident: 9.5, 12.6 and 12.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 50.2 in Town.
Is crime going up in Camberley?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 9%, shoplifting and theft rose 15% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
Is Camberley town centre safe at night?
police.uk placed 239 crimes and reports at or near nightclubs in three years, 37% of them violent, and Town ward records 50.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 of its residents a year. Over the last two years, violent crime peaked in July and was lowest in September.
What is the most common crime in Camberley?
Violence & sexual offences: 911 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (291) and public order (243), with 486 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Camberley compare with Bracknell?
Bracknell records 31.9 violent and sexual offences and 13.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Camberley’s 27.7 and 10.8, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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