Total Crime Rate
31.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Hill area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Limpsfield , and the 71st lowest crime rate of 267 local areas in Tandridge .
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 East Hill (RH8 9AA) in the last 12 months was 31.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.9% lower than the Limpsfield average (43.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Hill (RH8 9AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Approach, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoskins Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxted | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxted | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxted | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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