Crime Statistics for Byfleet, Woking, Surrey, 2024

Crime statistics for Byfleet, Woking

There were a total of 75 street level crime incidents in Byfleet in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Byfleet, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime24
Anti Social Behaviour12
Public Order10
Shoplifting7
Other Theft7
Criminal Damage Arson6
Vehicle Crime4
Other Crime2
Drugs2
Burglary1
All Crime75

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Byfleet. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Byfleet

We've taken the ten nearest places to Byfleet and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Byfleet has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Ham Moor (1.86 miles)138
Addlestone (2.24 miles)118
Sheerwater (2.55 miles)95
Brooklands (0.62 miles)90
New Haw (1.39 miles)89
Byfleet75
Row Town (1.75 miles)70
Oatlands Park (2.63 miles)52
Rowhill (2.24 miles)42
Bridge End (2.56 miles)2

12.51%
of Woodham & Rowtown residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Byfleet?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Byfleet and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Ham Moor57
Addlestone46
Sheerwater37
New Haw36
Row Town30
Brooklands29
Byfleet24
Oatlands Park17
Rowhill12
Bridge End0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Byfleet?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Byfleet to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Byfleet compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Byfleet and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Byfleet is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Lovelace64
2Addlestone North56
3Addlestone South56
4Chertsey Riverside54
5New Haw47
6Cobham and Downside46
7Woodham & Rowtown43
8Ottershaw39
9Byfleet and West Byfleet36
10Pyrford31
11Weybridge St George's Hill26

Which road in Byfleet has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Byfleet with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Strawberry Fields.

Last updated: January 2024
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