Total Crime Rate
89.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barton Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Knaphill , and the 65th highest crime rate of 308 local areas in Woking .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barton Close (GU21 2FD) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Knaphill average (106.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barton Close (GU21 2FD), the main crime hotspot is near Alexandra Gardens. Police recorded 357 crimes here, including 331 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Knaphill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highclere Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highclere Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merchants Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fosters Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fosters Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alexandra Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silistria Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tudor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Deny'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Gardens | Under investigation |
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