Total Crime Rate

122.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cowley Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Chertsey Riverside , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 268 local areas in Runnymede .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowley Avenue (KT16 9JH) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% higher than the Chertsey Riverside average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Avenue (KT16 9JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookside (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowley Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Curfew Bell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cerotus Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Corderoy Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barker Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fox Lane North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fox Lane North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fox Lane North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barker Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erkenwald Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Curfew Bell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fox Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frithwald Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erkenwald Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Erkenwald Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Styventon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A320 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A320 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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