Total Crime Rate

29.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.5 3/10
  • Violent crimes 16.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.4 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bidhams 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bidhams Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allum Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cheam Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Watermead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homefield Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Public order Merland Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merland Green
Apr 2026Drugs Broadfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broadfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broadfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Preston Manor Road
Apr 2026Other crime Preston Manor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheam Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelvers Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cheam Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Michelham Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cheam Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allum Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cheam Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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