Farnham Crime August 2026: 123 Reports, Most in a Year

Police recorded 123 crimes and anti-social behaviour reports within a mile of central Farnham in August 2026. That is the highest monthly total for a year. It is up from 106 in July, but still 20 fewer than August 2025, which had 143.

The figures are Surrey Police’s street-level data for August, the latest month published on police.uk. We counted every record the police.uk data service returns for a one-mile radius around The Borough, for each of the last 13 months. The circle takes in the town centre, the station and the residential streets around them.

The month in numbers

• 123 reports in August, 17 more than July.
• 102 were crimes. The other 21 were anti-social behaviour.
• August 2025 had 143, so the town centre is about 14% quieter than a year ago.
• January was the quietest month of the 13, with 65.
• 1,062 reports in the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026.

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Both Augusts stand out. Totals sat between 65 and 81 from December to April, then passed 100 in May, July and August.

What was reported

Violence and sexual offences were 38 of the 123 reports, just under a third. Police.uk puts assault, harassment, stalking and sexual offences in this one category, so it covers everything from a minor scuffle to very serious crime.

Here is how the main categories compare with July and with August last year:

The changes worth noting:

• Shoplifting reached 18, the highest of the 13 months. It was 12 in each of June and July, and as low as 3 in January.
• Criminal damage and arson doubled from July, from 6 to 12. That matches August last year.
• Five bicycles were reported stolen. None were recorded in the circle in June or July, or in August 2025.
• Public order offences fell to 11, less than half of August 2025’s 23.
• Violence fell by 11 on a year ago, from 49 to 38.

Where the reports cluster

Police.uk does not give exact addresses. To protect victims, each report is moved to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, labelled by a street or a type of place. These were the busiest points in August:

• On or near a supermarket: 14 reports, 10 of them shoplifting
• On or near a petrol station: 9
• On or near a parking area: 8
• On or near The Borough: 7, four of them violence and sexual offences
• On or near Hopfields Close: 7

The labels are approximate. “Supermarket” means the report was mapped to a point police.uk places at a supermarket, not that every report happened inside one.

What happened next

Police.uk also records where each crime has got to. For the 102 crimes in August, as of the latest update:

• 57 were still under investigation
• 26 were closed with no suspect identified
• 16 were closed because the police were unable to prosecute a suspect
• 1 was awaiting a court outcome
• 2 had another outcome: one judged not in the public interest to pursue, and one passed to another organisation

Anti-social behaviour reports do not carry an outcome. These figures change as cases progress, so a later download will show fewer crimes under investigation.

What it means for you

August was the busiest month for a year, but it was still a quieter August than 2025. Shoplifting and bike theft are the two categories that rose most.

To check the figures for your own street, enter a postcode on police.uk. Report a crime that is not an emergency to Surrey Police online or on 101, and always call 999 if a crime is happening now or someone is in danger.

The figures count reports, not convictions. A rise can reflect more people reporting, or more police activity, as well as more crime.