Photo: Christianmesmar · CC BY-SA 3.0Chertsey records more crime per resident than 92% of UK towns
Of all the kinds of crime, public order is where Chertsey departs most from towns its size: 11.8 per 1,000 against 5.4. Violence recorded locally climbed 23% in a year. Add to that, its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026. Annual rates stand at 50.6 violent and sexual offences and 17.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Chertsey
One ward carries much of the rate
Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South ward recorded 867 of Chertsey’s 2,203 violent and sexual offences in three years: 140.9 per 1,000 of its own residents a year. Across the rest of Chertsey the figure is 31.2. Where in Chertsey ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 23% more violent crime per resident in Chertsey than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 11% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 372 UK towns of 10,000 to 20,000 people, Chertsey has the 332nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Chard, Littlehampton and Colne, higher than Waltham Cross, Filton and Abergavenny. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Chertsey: D for safety, and why
A firm grade. Built on 2,967 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Chertsey 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 Chertsey has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-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 +23% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -11% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +0% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -7% (towns its size -4%).
How Chertsey’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% 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.
Chertsey’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.
Among 372 towns its size, Chertsey ranks 332nd for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Ashtead Surrey | 14,830 | 12.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh Surrey | 15,851 | 13.1 | 9.6 | 4.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Weybourne Surrey | 11,241 | 16.3 | 7.4 | 4 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Farncombe Surrey | 13,247 | 18.4 | 6.8 | 4.1 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 329 | Waltham Cross Hertfordshire | 11,936 | 43.5 | 21.8 | 30.3 | D |
| 330 | Filton Gloucestershire | 10,955 | 43.4 | 22.4 | 19.8 | D |
| 331 | Abergavenny Gwent | 13,689 | 47.5 | 20.8 | 21.3 | D |
| 332 | Chertsey Surrey | 14,558 | 50.6 | 17.8 | 14.4 | D |
| 333 | Blaydon Tyne and Wear | 14,237 | 43.4 | 25.1 | 51.8 | D |
| 334 | Newhaven East Sussex | 12,857 | 51.1 | 18.4 | 26 | D |
| 335 | Todmorden West Yorkshire | 12,971 | 52.3 | 17.2 | 16.7 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 372 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | 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 Chertsey, and others in Surrey.
Lowest recorded crime in Chertsey Riverside, Chertsey St Ann's and Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South; highest in Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chertsey Riverside | 6,085 | 9.9 | 3.7 | |
| Chertsey St Ann's | 6,422 | 51.3 | 25 | |
| Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South | 2,051 | 140.9 | 25.4 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitals | 672 | 60% violent |
| Supermarkets | 220 | 39% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 211 | 30% violent |
| Car parks | 103 | 37% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 67 | 46% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South records 4.5× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Chertsey. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Chertsey. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Chertsey’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Chertsey runs highest on public order (11.8 per 1,000 against 5.4), violence & sexual offences (58.7 per 1,000 against 30.4) and other theft (7.8 per 1,000 against 4.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 854 | 58.7 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 173 | 11.9 | 12.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 172 | 11.8 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 136 | 9.3 | 6.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 114 | 7.8 | 4.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 86 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 66 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 49 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 39 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 34 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 12 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 10 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
“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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Chertsey 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 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 15 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 68% of Chertsey’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 10% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (68% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 9% 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. 879 crimes.
One person died in collisions on Chertsey’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 144 collisions with injuries inside Chertsey in five years, in which one person died. 29 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 5 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chertsey’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chertsey’s own rate (1.4) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Chertsey had 39.8 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
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 Chertsey’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Chertsey
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chertsey | 14,558 | 50.6 | 17.8 | D |
| Addlestone | 13,748 | 35.8 | 15.9 | C− |
| Lyne | 1,202 | 6.1 | 7.8 | A+ |
| Thorpe | 1,226 | 20.4 | 18.2 | C+ |
| Laleham | 2,521 | 16.9 | 11.5 | B |
| Shepperton Green | 4,358 | 19.8 | 7.8 | B |
| Weybridge | 15,918 | 20.6 | 10.3 | B− |
| Shepperton | 5,917 | 23.6 | 13.7 | C+ |
Chertsey records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Addlestone, 1.3 miles away, records 35.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Chertsey’s 50.6.
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
- Big public sites inside the boundary. police.uk counted 672 at or near a hospital over three years. They count in Chertsey’s rate, as they would for any town that has them.
- 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 Chertsey 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 Chertsey
Is Chertsey safe?
Police recorded 50.6 violent and sexual offences and 17.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Chertsey’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 8% of UK towns. Among 372 UK towns of 10,000 to 20,000 people, Chertsey is 332nd from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Chertsey?
By council ward, Chertsey Riverside, Chertsey St Ann's and Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South record the least violent and household crime per resident: 9.9, 51.3 and 140.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 140.9 in Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South.
Is crime going up in Chertsey?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 23%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 11%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour fell 7%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Chertsey?
Violence & sexual offences: 854 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (172) and criminal damage & arson (136), with 173 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Chertsey compare with New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater?
New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater records 18.5 violent and sexual offences and 9.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Chertsey’s 50.6 and 17.8, 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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