Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded violence in Send rose 51% in a year, while towns its size held steady
Overall, Send grades B+ for safety (#15 of 65 in Surrey): less crime per resident than 72% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Send
Less crime than many places its size
Of 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Send has the 159th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Holton le Clay, Cricklade and Skellingthorpe, higher than Garstang, West Bergholt and Joyden's Wood. 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. 28% of Send’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 51% more violent crime per resident in Send than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Send grades B+ for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 297 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Send against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Violent crime up 51% in a year, while towns its size held steady
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 +51% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +34% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +70% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -23% (towns its size +0%).
“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).
1 in 4 Send residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
Send’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.
59% 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.
Send is 159th of 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Send, and others in Surrey.
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Pirbright Surrey | 3,920 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | East Horsley Surrey | 5,843 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 5.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 70 | Windlesham Surrey | 3,706 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 3.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 72 | Bramley and Wonersh Surrey | 4,193 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 5.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 156 | Garstang Lancashire | 5,804 | 17.9 | 6.1 | 14.5 | B+ |
| 157 | West Bergholt Essex | 3,175 | 18.6 | 5.6 | 10.3 | B+ |
| 158 | Joyden's Wood Kent | 4,912 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 3.1 | B+ |
| 159 | Send Surrey | 4,094 | 15.3 | 8.9 | 5.8 | B+ |
| 160 | Cuckfield West Sussex | 3,767 | 15.9 | 8.3 | 4.2 | B+ |
| 161 | Banks Lancashire | 4,439 | 18.3 | 6 | 2.7 | B+ |
| 162 | Haddenham Cambridgeshire | 3,050 | 16.2 | 8.1 | 3 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 706 | 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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
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.
Against the typical town its size, Send runs highest on vehicle crime (3.7 per 1,000 against 2), other theft (5.6 per 1,000 against 3.2) and shoplifting (2.7 per 1,000 against 1.8). Violence & sexual offences and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 75 | 18.3 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 27 | 6.6 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 23 | 5.6 | 3.2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 19 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 15 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 15 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 11 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 9 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 19 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
No one died in a collision on Send’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Send’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 32 collisions with injuries inside Send in five years. 12 people were killed or seriously injured: 3 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Send is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, Send had 58.6 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (16.7).
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.
Crime in the places around Send
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Send | 4,094 | 15.3 | 8.9 | B+ |
| Ripley | 1,714 | 19.5 | 10.3 | B |
| West Clandon | 1,233 | 10.3 | 9.3 | A− |
| Jacobs Well | 1,122 | 14 | 5.4 | A− |
| Woking | 75,655 | 31.9 | 11 | C |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 10.6 | 8.5 | A |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 44.3 | 15.2 | D |
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 9.2 | 7.5 | A |
Send records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. West Clandon, 1.9 miles away, records 10.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Send’s 15.3.
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 Send 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 Send
Is Send safe?
Police recorded 15.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Send’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 72% of UK towns. Among 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Send is 159th from the least crime. 28% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Send?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 51%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 34%, shoplifting and theft rose 70% and anti-social behaviour fell 23%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Send?
Violence & sexual offences: 75 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (23) and criminal damage & arson (19), with 27 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Send 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 Send’s 15.3 and 8.9, 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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