Photo: Ron Strutt · CC BY-SA 2.0Deepcut records more burglary, vehicle crime and damage per head than nine in ten UK towns
Violent crime was down 6% in a year. Deepcut’s overall Safety Grade is C: more crime per resident than 69% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour stands out: 8.8 per 1,000 residents locally, against 5.3 in a typical town its size, with 19 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026. Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 23.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 18.8.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Deepcut
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 6% less violent crime per resident in Deepcut than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Deepcut has the 446th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Exning, Trelewis and Uffculme, higher than Ash (Dover), Narberth and Holywell Green and Stainland. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Deepcut: C for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 277 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Deepcut against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Deepcut identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 87% of Deepcut’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 7% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (72% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 7% of violent and 0% 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. 140 crimes.
Towns its size: Deepcut comes 446th of 550
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Woldingham Surrey | 2,223 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 2.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Chiddingfold Surrey | 2,160 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 2.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 58 | Dormansland Surrey | 2,300 | 8.7 | 8 | 3.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 65 | Shalford Surrey | 2,508 | 11.8 | 5.1 | 2.3 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 443 | Ash (Dover) Kent | 2,529 | 30.1 | 12.1 | 4.5 | C |
| 444 | Narberth Dyfed | 2,365 | 34.1 | 8.6 | 8.1 | C |
| 445 | Holywell Green and Stainland West Yorkshire | 2,799 | 32 | 10.6 | 3.3 | C |
| 446 | Deepcut Surrey | 2,163 | 23.9 | 18.8 | 4.9 | C |
| 447 | Saundersfoot Dyfed | 2,515 | 31.3 | 11.5 | 4.6 | C |
| 448 | Chipping Campden Gloucestershire | 2,120 | 31.4 | 11.7 | 2.9 | C |
| 449 | Brompton North Yorkshire | 2,034 | 31.5 | 11.6 | 3.6 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 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 Deepcut, and others in Surrey.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Deepcut runs highest on anti-social behaviour (8.8 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (21.7 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 47 | 21.7 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 19 | 8.8 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 9 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 9 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 9 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 4 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“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 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How crime in Deepcut has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-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 -6% (towns its size +3%).
Crime in Deepcut 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 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Deepcut’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 7 collisions with injuries inside Deepcut in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Deepcut is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Deepcut’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Deepcut had 3.
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 Deepcut’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Deepcut
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 23.9 | 18.8 | C |
| Frimley | 15,101 | 26.4 | 9.7 | C+ |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 10.5 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Camberley | 36,787 | 27.7 | 10.8 | C+ |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 32 | 12.8 | C |
| Brookwood | 1,428 | 17.6 | 9.6 | B |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 11.3 | 7 | A |
| Bisley | 4,045 | 32.1 | 5.5 | C+ |
Deepcut records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Farnborough records more. Frimley, 1.3 miles away, records 26.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Deepcut’s 23.9.
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 Deepcut 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 Deepcut
Is Deepcut safe?
Police recorded 23.9 violent and sexual offences and 18.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Deepcut’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 31% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Deepcut is 446th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Deepcut?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 6%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 11%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 19%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Deepcut?
Violence & sexual offences: 47 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (9) and other theft (9), with 19 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Deepcut compare with Woking?
Woking records 31.9 violent and sexual offences and 11 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Deepcut’s 23.9 and 18.8, 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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