Total Crime Rate
74.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Baxter Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Meadvale & St John's , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 444 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 Baxter Avenue (RH1 1JB) in the last 12 months was 74.5 per 1,000 residents and was 160.0% higher than the Meadvale & St John's average (28.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baxter Avenue (RH1 1JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holland Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Redhill West & Wray Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carrington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Holland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spruce Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spruce Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovehill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovehill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrington Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Charman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charman Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carrington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dome Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rutland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Furze Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
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