Total Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albert Drive area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 86th lowest crime rate of 307 local areas in Woking .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albert Drive (GU21 5PB) in the last 12 months was 29.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% lower than the Canalside average (146.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Drive (GU21 5PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hennessy Court, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albert Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canalside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bentham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hennessy Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forsyth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lukes Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lukes Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lukes Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hennessy Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hennessy Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hennessy Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hennessy Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hennessy Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bateson Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albert Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albert Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bentham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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