Total Crime Rate
236.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oriental Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 20th 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 Oriental Road (GU22 7PJ) in the last 12 months was 236.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 106.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oriental Road (GU22 7PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 64 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marcus Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Commercial Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Commercial Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| 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 | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Commercial Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathside Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Heathside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Heathside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heathside Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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