Total Crime Rate
47.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Delabole Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Hooley, Merstham & Netherne , and the 216th 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 Delabole Road (RH1 3PB) in the last 12 months was 47.4 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% lower than the Hooley, Merstham & Netherne average (73.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Delabole Road (RH1 3PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bletchingley Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandstone Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hooley, Merstham & Netherne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bletchingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bletchingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chilmark Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilmark Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bolsover Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodlands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chesterton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandstone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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