Crime Rate in Stoke, ward

Stoke has the highest crime rate of 21 wards in Guildford district and the 203rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 29th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stoke in the last 12 months was 232.5 per 1,000 residents and was 164.8% higher than the Guildford district average (87.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stoke’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 772 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 15 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 154.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,169 (≈ 102.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stoke ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 347 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (222 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.