Total Crime Rate

39.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 39.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • 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
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Dell area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton , and the 200th lowest crime rate of 440 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 The Dell (KT20 5TQ) in the last 12 months was 39.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Dell (KT20 5TQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in The Dell area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Pit Wood Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bidhams Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Waterfield Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterfield Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterfield Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pit Wood Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pit Wood Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pit Wood Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelvers Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merland Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Watermead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Watermead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bidhams Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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