Total Crime Rate

40.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.6 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 40.2 4/10
  • Violent crimes 17.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Lower Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Bookham East & Eastwick Park , and the 123rd lowest 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 Lower Road (KT23 4DN) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower than the Bookham East & Eastwick Park average (41.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Road (KT23 4DN), the main crime hotspot is near Oakenwood. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Fern Copse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakenwood Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlemead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Lorne Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft The Lorne Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Lorne Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Lorne Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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