Total Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Grove area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 84th 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 The Grove (GU21 4AE) in the last 12 months was 81.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% lower than the Canalside average (158.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Grove (GU21 4AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Broadway (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woking| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Addison Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Addison Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
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