Total Crime Rate
1242.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Street East area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 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 Church Street East (GU21 6HJ) in the last 12 months was 1242.0 per 1,000 residents and was 750.5% 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 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 177 (≈ 470.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street East (GU21 6HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 156 crimes here, including 72 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 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Commercial Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Commercial Way | 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Heathside Crescent | Under investigation |
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