Total Crime Rate
46.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highlands Mews area has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Ashtead Park , and the 116th highest crime rate of 251 local areas in Mole Valley .
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 Highlands Mews (KT22 8DA) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% higher than the Ashtead Park average (31.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highlands Mews (KT22 8DA), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leatherhead South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
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