Crime Statistics for Chelsham, Tandridge, Surrey, 2024

Crime statistics for Chelsham, Tandridge

There were a total of 38 street level crime incidents in Chelsham in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chelsham, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime12
Anti Social Behaviour11
Shoplifting4
Criminal Damage Arson3
Other Theft2
Public Order2
Vehicle Crime1
Robbery1
Other Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime38

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Chelsham. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Chelsham

We've taken the ten nearest places to Chelsham and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Chelsham has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
New Addington (1.96 miles)155
Forestdale (1.96 miles)101
Hamsey Green (1.24 miles)92
Warlingham (1.39 miles)92
Sanderstead (2.77 miles)76
Biggin Hill (2.48 miles)69
Chelsham38
Farleigh (0.62 miles)16
Farleigh Court (0.62 miles)16
Fickleshole (0.88 miles)10

9.18%
of Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chelsham?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Chelsham and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
New Addington50
Hamsey Green38
Warlingham35
Forestdale22
Sanderstead21
Biggin Hill14
Chelsham12
Farleigh6
Farleigh Court6
Fickleshole4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chelsham?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Chelsham to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Chelsham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chelsham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chelsham is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1New Addington North67
2New Addington South67
3Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh60
4Tatsfield and Titsey55
5Woldingham53
6Warlingham West47
7Selsdon Vale & Forestdale47
8Valley46
9Whyteleafe44
10Biggin Hill32
11Portley29

Which road in Chelsham has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chelsham with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Tower Place.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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