Crime Statistics for Church Town, Tandridge, Surrey, 2024

There were a total of 24 street level crime incidents in Church Town in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Violent Crime	5
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Public Order	3
Burglary	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Shoplifting	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	24

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Church Town

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Caterham (2.78 miles)	110
Tyler’s Green (0.62 miles)	28
Church Town	24
Warwick Wold (2.55 miles)	24
Crowhurst Lane End (2.24 miles)	17
South Godstone (1.96 miles)	17
Brewer Street (1.86 miles)	14
Bletchingley (1.39 miles)	11
Tandridge (1.39 miles)	9
Broadham Green (1.86 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Church Town?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Caterham	33
Crowhurst Lane End	9
South Godstone	8
Tyler’s Green	7
Warwick Wold	7
Tandridge	7
Church Town	5
Brewer Street	3
Broadham Green	2
Bletchingley	1

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

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 Church Town 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 Church Town compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Church Town and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Church Town have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Chaldon.

#	Ward	Score
1	Godstone	69
2	Bletchingley and Nutfield	66
3	Oxted South	66
4	Burstow, Horne and Outwood	63
5	Queens Park	59
6	Limpsfield	59
7	Woldingham	53
8	Oxted North and Tandridge	47
9	Valley	46
10	Harestone	39
11	Chaldon	23

Which road in Church Town has the highest level of crime?

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