Total Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lakeside area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Earlswood & Whitebushes , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 444 local areas in Reigate and Banstead .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lakeside (RH1 2AE) in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% lower than the Earlswood & Whitebushes average (106.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 85.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lakeside (RH1 2AE), the main crime hotspot is near Mead Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Redhill East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Claremont Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ladbroke Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frenches Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frenches Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frenches Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frenches Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ranmore Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ranmore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burrage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mead Close | Under investigation |
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