Total Crime Rate
97.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ambleside Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Earlswood & Whitebushes , and the 87th 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 Ambleside Close (RH1 5SL) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ambleside Close (RH1 5SL), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bushfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rathgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Public order | Rathgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
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