St John's, Woking: Safety
Safety
St John's is genuinely safer than most of the UK. In 2024 and 2025, it recorded around 49 and 48 crimes per 1,000 people respectively — well below the national figures of 92 and 89. This gap has stayed consistent across both years, so it's not a one-off. Most neighbouring neighbourhoods have higher crime rates.
Anti-social behaviour and burglary are both significantly lower than the national average. Vehicle crime is low as well. The partial data from 2026 shows the same pattern — crime is tracking below both regional and national levels so far this year.
Source: police-recorded crime for St John's ward (Surrey Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St John's ward: Surrey Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St John's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
53.8
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
South East region average
84.2
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Knaphill
107
Higher than
Heathlands
47.8
Higher than
Horsell
44.2
Lower than
Mount Hermon
61.9
Lower than
Goldsworth Park
65
Lower than
Canalside
177
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St John's ward and the South East region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences38%38%
- Anti-social behaviour13%14%
- Criminal damage and arson12%8%
- Shoplifting8%10%
- Public order8%7%
- Other theft8%7%
- Vehicle crime4%4%
- Burglary2%3%
- Other crime2%2%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Drugs1%3%
- Theft from the person1%1%
- Robbery1%1%
