Total Crime Rate
327.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
206.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Hill area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Court , and the 9th highest crime rate of 230 local areas in Epsom and Ewell .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around West Hill (KT19 8JD) in the last 12 months was 327.9 per 1,000 residents and was 197.7% higher than the Court average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 466.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 206.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 142.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 112.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Hill (KT19 8JD), the main crime hotspot is near Hunters Close. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wheelers Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mathias Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheraton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hunters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Court Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Court Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalmeny Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lindsay Close | Under investigation |
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