Photo: Alan Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.0Bisley stands out for drugs: 3.1 times the rate of a typical town its size
Across all the graded crimes, Bisley lands on C+ (#39 of 65 in Surrey): more crime per resident than 60% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Recorded violence fell 32% in a year. Burglary, vehicle crime and damage is lower than in 83% of UK towns; violent crime, lower than in only 28%. Year on year, 32.1 violent and sexual offences and 5.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Bisley
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 32% less violent crime per resident in Bisley than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 539 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, Bisley has the 356th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Stalham, Hope and Calverley, higher than Pilsley and Lower Pilsley, Donington and Cwmavon. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 45% of Bisley’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Bisley’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 456 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bisley against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Bisley has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -32% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -35% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -32% (towns its size +0%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Bisley runs highest on other crime (40.5 per 1,000 against 1.5), drugs (3.2 per 1,000 against 1) and shoplifting (2.7 per 1,000 against 1.8). Criminal damage & arson and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other crime | not graded | 164 | 40.5 | 1.5 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 100 | 24.7 | 22.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 17 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 17 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 3.7 | 8.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 13 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 11 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 11 | 2.7 | 4.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Most Bisley residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
45% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Bisley’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Police in Bisley identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 50% of Bisley’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 14% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (62% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 4% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 162 crimes.
356th of 539: Bisley among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Pirbright Surrey | 3,920 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 62 | Windlesham Surrey | 3,706 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 3.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Bramley and Wonersh Surrey | 4,193 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 5.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 79 | Kingswood Surrey | 3,757 | 12 | 8.3 | 2.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 353 | Pilsley and Lower Pilsley Derbyshire | 3,470 | 30.6 | 6.9 | 4 | C+ |
| 354 | Donington Lincolnshire | 3,192 | 26.7 | 10.8 | 7.2 | C+ |
| 355 | Cwmavon West Glamorgan | 4,524 | 30.7 | 6.9 | 3.6 | C+ |
| 356 | Bisley Surrey | 4,045 | 32.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | C+ |
| 357 | Southminster Essex | 4,548 | 30.4 | 7.2 | 4.4 | C+ |
| 358 | Whiston South Yorkshire | 3,940 | 23 | 14.7 | 4.8 | C+ |
| 359 | Edwalton Nottinghamshire | 4,762 | 28 | 9.7 | 7 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 539 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Bisley, and others in Surrey.
Crime in Bisley per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 4 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Bisley’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 14 collisions with injuries inside Bisley in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Bisley is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Bisley’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 3 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Bisley had 4.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Bisley’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Bisley
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisley | 4,045 | 32.1 | 5.5 | C+ |
| West End and Chobham | 8,877 | 15 | 7.7 | A− |
| Brookwood | 1,428 | 17.6 | 9.6 | B |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 10.5 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 11.3 | 7 | A |
| Woking | 75,655 | 31.9 | 11 | C |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 23.9 | 18.8 | C |
| Windlesham | 3,706 | 10.3 | 8.5 | A |
Bisley records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Woking and Deepcut record more. West End and Chobham, 1.2 miles away, records 15 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bisley’s 32.1.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Bisley sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Bisley
Is Bisley safe?
Police recorded 32.1 violent and sexual offences and 5.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bisley’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 40% of UK towns. Among 539 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, Bisley is 356th from the least crime. 45% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Bisley?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 32%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 35%, shoplifting and theft rose 65% and anti-social behaviour fell 32%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Bisley?
Other crime: 164 in the 12 months to August 2026. Next came violence & sexual offences (100) and public order (17), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bisley compare with Guildford?
Guildford records 44.3 violent and sexual offences and 15.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bisley’s 32.1 and 5.5, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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