Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holmes Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Heathlands , and the 41st highest crime rate of 308 local areas in Woking .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holmes Close (GU22 9LU) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 182.4% higher than the Heathlands average (45.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 93.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holmes Close (GU22 9LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cricketer Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balfour Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woking| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balfour Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balfour Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balfour Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaklands Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oaklands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quartermaine Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cricketer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quartermaine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quartermaine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
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