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Crime in GU21 5

How much crime is recorded in GU21 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Woking
Region
South East
Population
15,888 (2024)
Crime

How safe is GU21 5

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in GU21 5, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
33.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
83
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

GU21 5National
Violence and sexual offences27.823.6
Shoplifting13.68.4
Anti-social behaviour12.510.7
Burglary8.19.1
Public order6.94.6
Other theft6.44.5
Criminal damage and arson5.24.7
Drugs2.42.4
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Bicycle theft1.71.0
Other crime1.31.5
Theft from the person1.32.1
Possession of weapons1.30.9
Robbery1.11.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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40
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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