Total Crime Rate

98.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.9 8/10
  • Other theft 35.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 21.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elm Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 307 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 Elm Road (GU21 7PA) in the last 12 months was 98.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% lower than the Canalside average (146.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elm Road (GU21 7PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near De Lara Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dianthus Court (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elm Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldsmiths Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wilfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Lara Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft De Lara Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brambledene Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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