Total Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackthorn Close area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Meadvale & St John's , and the 209th highest crime rate of 444 local areas in Reigate and Banstead .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackthorn Close (RH2 7NG) in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% higher than the Meadvale & St John's average (28.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackthorn Close (RH2 7NG), the main crime hotspot is near Willow Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In South Park & Woodhatch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackthorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Willow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Willow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbutus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeats Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeats Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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