Total Crime Rate

37.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.5 4/10
  • Violent crimes 17.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.8 2/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Princess Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Canalside , and the 127th lowest crime rate of 308 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 Princess Road (GU22 8ES) in the last 12 months was 37.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% lower than the Canalside average (158.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 17.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 506.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princess Road (GU22 8ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Princess Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linkway (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Princess Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Queen Mary Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackdown Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackdown Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Beaufort Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Linkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Linkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Linkway Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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