Total Crime Rate
29.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bidhams Crescent area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton , and the 151st lowest crime rate of 444 local areas in Reigate and Banstead .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bidhams Crescent (KT20 5HE) in the last 12 months was 29.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% lower than the Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton average (39.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bidhams Crescent (KT20 5HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pit Wood Green, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homefield Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tattenham Corner & Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allum Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Watermead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homefield Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merland Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merland Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Broadfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preston Manor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Preston Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelvers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cheam Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Michelham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cheam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allum Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheam Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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