Total Crime Rate
80.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hidden Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Molesey East , and the 90th highest crime rate of 400 local areas in Elmbridge .
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 Hidden Close (KT8 2BB) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.2% higher than the Molesey East average (67.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hidden Close (KT8 2BB), the main crime hotspot is near Hidden Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Molesey East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spreighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hidden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hurst Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clinton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clinton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clinton Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hidden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spreighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Forum | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Forum | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molesham Way | Under investigation |
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