Total Crime Rate
46.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bushfield Drive area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Earlswood & Whitebushes , and the 220th 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 Bushfield Drive (RH1 5LU) in the last 12 months was 46.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bushfield Drive (RH1 5LU), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 251 crimes here, including 182 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bushfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambleside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rathgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rathgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edgefield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Edgefield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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