Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: Mertbiol · CC0For violent crime, Windlesham beats 92% of UK towns per resident
Typical years here bring 10.3 violent and sexual offences plus 8.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Weighing it all, Windlesham earns A for safety (#5 of 65 in Surrey), with less crime per resident than 85% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026. On top of that, more crime per resident is recorded in 91% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Windlesham
Less crime than most places its size
Of 539 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, Windlesham has the 62nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Romanby, Saltford and Disley, higher than Charvil, Woodhall Spa and Hildenborough. 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. 35% of Windlesham’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.
The A for Windlesham, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 210 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Windlesham against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A third of Windlesham residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
100% 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.
Windlesham’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour and violence & sexual offences sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 32 | 8.6 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 20 | 5.4 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 15 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 12 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 12 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 9 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 7 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 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.
Towns its size: Windlesham comes 62nd of 539
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 59 | Charvil Berkshire | 3,158 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 7.9 | A |
| 60 | Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire | 4,685 | 12.8 | 5.9 | 3.2 | A |
| 61 | Hildenborough Kent | 4,943 | 11.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | A |
| 62 | Windlesham Surrey | 3,706 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 3.7 | A |
| 63 | Honeybourne Worcestershire | 3,104 | 13.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | A |
| 64 | Bramley and Wonersh Surrey | 4,193 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 5.6 | A |
| 65 | Penyffordd Clwyd | 3,822 | 13.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 79 | Kingswood Surrey | 3,757 | 12 | 8.3 | 2.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 133 | Send Surrey | 4,094 | 15.3 | 8.9 | 5.8 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 198 | Shepperton Green Surrey | 4,358 | 19.8 | 7.8 | 3.8 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Windlesham, and others in Surrey.
Crime in Windlesham 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 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
33 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 47 the year before
“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 -30% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -16% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour +0% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Windlesham’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 16 collisions with injuries inside Windlesham in five years. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 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 Windlesham is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Windlesham’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; Windlesham had 5.
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 Windlesham’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Windlesham
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windlesham | 3,706 | 10.3 | 8.5 | A |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 11.3 | 7 | A |
| Bagshot | 5,930 | 28.2 | 12.9 | C |
| West End and Chobham | 8,877 | 15 | 7.7 | A− |
| Ascot | 24,003 | 18.8 | 9.6 | B |
| Bisley | 4,045 | 32.1 | 5.5 | C+ |
| Camberley | 36,787 | 27.7 | 10.8 | C+ |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 10.5 | 2.6 | A+ |
Windlesham records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Lightwater, 1.6 miles away, records 11.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Windlesham’s 10.3.
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 Windlesham 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 Windlesham
Is Windlesham safe?
Police recorded 10.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Windlesham’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 85% of UK towns. Among 539 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, Windlesham is 62nd from the least crime. 35% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Windlesham?
Police recorded 33 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 47 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Windlesham?
Violence & sexual offences: 32 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (15) and public order (12), with 20 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Windlesham compare with Bracknell?
Bracknell records 31.9 violent and sexual offences and 13.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Windlesham’s 10.3 and 8.5, 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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