Crime Statistics for Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 2024

Crime statistics for Walton-on-Thames, Walton-on-Thames

There were a total of 155 street level crime incidents in Walton-on-Thames 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 Walton-on-Thames, 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 Crime49
Anti Social Behaviour22
Other Theft18
Vehicle Crime16
Criminal Damage Arson15
Burglary10
Public Order7
Shoplifting6
Drugs4
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime2
All Crime155

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 Walton-on-Thames. 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 Walton-on-Thames

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Walton-on-Thames155
Ashley Park (0.62 miles)132
Rydens (0.88 miles)118
Upper Halliford (1.39 miles)106
Field Common (1.24 miles)98
Hersham (1.39 miles)88
Lower Halliford (1.39 miles)79
Shepperton Green (1.96 miles)62
Lower Green (1.86 miles)58
Oatlands Park (1.39 miles)52

21.77%
of Walton South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Walton-on-Thames?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Walton-on-Thames49
Upper Halliford41
Ashley Park37
Rydens33
Field Common32
Hersham25
Lower Halliford21
Oatlands Park17
Shepperton Green15
Lower Green15

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Walton-on-Thames?

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 Walton-on-Thames 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 Walton-on-Thames compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Halliford and Sunbury West61
2Walton North60
3Addlestone South56
4Walton Central55
5Esher51
6Walton South48
7Weybridge Riverside47
8Shepperton Town42
9Hersham Village41
10Sunbury East38
11Oatlands and Burwood Park21

Which road in Walton-on-Thames has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Walton-on-Thames with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
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