Total Crime Rate

64.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 64.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Read Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Ashtead Lanes & Common , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 251 local areas in Mole Valley .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Read Road (KT21 2HS) in the last 12 months was 64.5 per 1,000 residents and was 90.0% higher than the Ashtead Lanes & Common average (34.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 86.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Read Road (KT21 2HS), the main crime hotspot is near Brookers Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Read Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Brookers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brookers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brookers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Taylor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Taylor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Warwick Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warwick Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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