Total Crime Rate
98.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Epsom Downs Metro Centre area has the 11th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton , and the 78th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Reigate and Banstead .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Epsom Downs Metro Centre (KT20 5LR) in the last 12 months was 98.8 per 1,000 residents and was 122.5% higher than the Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton average (44.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Epsom Downs Metro Centre (KT20 5LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterfield Green, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Allum Grove (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pit Wood Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfield Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pit Wood Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelvers Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gorse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitegate Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordsgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordsgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Watermead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pit Wood Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pit Wood Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Watermead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterfield Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Waterfield Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashcombe Terrace | Under investigation |
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