Postcode · Woking
Crime in GU21 2PL
How much crime is recorded in GU21 2PL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Knaphill
- Council
- Woking
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,742 (2024)
GU21 2PLWoking
How safe is GU21 2PL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GU21 2PL area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
57
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
GU21 2PLNational
Shoplifting15.68.4
Violence and sexual offences13.323.6
Anti-social behaviour8.110.7
Public order7.74.6
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Other theft3.94.5
Other crime1.81.5
Burglary1.49.1
Vehicle crime0.83.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.