Crime Statistics for Horsell, Woking, Surrey, 2024

There were a total of 212 street level crime incidents in Horsell in February 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 Horsell, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	59
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Public Order	26
Other Theft	22
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Shoplifting	18
Other Crime	7
Burglary	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Theft From The Person	2
Drugs	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	212

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Horsell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Maybury (1.39 miles)	285
Horsell	212
Horsell Birch (0.62 miles)	132
Knaphill (1.96 miles)	93
Castle Green (1.96 miles)	54
Hook Heath (1.39 miles)	53
Mayford (1.86 miles)	44
St Johns (1.39 miles)	42
Mimbridge (1.39 miles)	14
Chobham (1.75 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Horsell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Maybury	101
Horsell	59
Horsell Birch	52
Knaphill	31
Hook Heath	18
Castle Green	17
St Johns	12
Mayford	9
Mimbridge	3
Chobham	2

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

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 Horsell 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 Horsell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Horsell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Horsell is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Canalside	60
2	Hoe Valley	54
3	Knaphill	44
4	Mount Hermon	43
5	Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South	43
6	Horsell	36
7	Byfleet and West Byfleet	36
8	Heathlands	34
9	St John's	32
10	Pyrford	31
11	Goldsworth Park	27

Which road in Horsell has the highest level of crime?

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