Total Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ferndale Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 114th highest crime rate of 307 local areas in Woking .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ferndale Road (GU21 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 69.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% lower than the Canalside average (146.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferndale Road (GU21 4AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Commercial Way (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canalside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomhall Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Church Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Commercial Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Commercial Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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