Crime Rates at Sparrows Mead, Redhill, RH1 2EJ

Sparrows Mead 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 Sparrows Mead (RH1 2EJ) 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 Sparrows Mead (RH1 2EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Frenches Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mead Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.