Crime Rate in Town, ward

Town has the highest crime rate of 14 wards in Epsom and Ewell district and the 425th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 54th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Town in the last 12 months was 175.0 per 1,000 residents and was 114.9% higher than the Epsom and Ewell district average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 519 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 14 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 720 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Town ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 381 crimes here, including 144 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.