Total Crime Rate
153.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spencer Way area has the 15th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Earlswood & Whitebushes , and the 44th highest crime rate of 444 local areas in Reigate and Banstead .
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 Spencer Way (RH1 5LS) in the last 12 months was 153.1 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% higher than the Earlswood & Whitebushes average (106.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 107.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencer Way (RH1 5LS), the main crime hotspot is near Three Arch Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Earlswood & Whitebushes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edgefield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Arch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambleside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Edgefield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bushfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Three Arch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Arch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Arch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rathgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rathgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambleside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Albert Square | Under investigation |
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