Total Crime Rate
1215.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 307 local areas in Woking .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (GU21 6BW) in the last 12 months was 1215.5 per 1,000 residents and was 732.3% higher 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 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 227 (≈ 627.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (GU21 6BW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 340 crimes here, including 139 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canalside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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