Crime Statistics for Hersham, Elmbridge, Surrey, 2024

There were a total of 86 street level crime incidents in Hersham in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hersham, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	33
Burglary	13
Other Theft	11
Public Order	7
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Shoplifting	4
Drugs	1
All Crime	86

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 Hersham. 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 Hersham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Walton-on-Thames (1.39 miles)	165
Ashley Park (0.88 miles)	136
Rydens (0.62 miles)	111
Field Common (1.39 miles)	89
Hersham	86
Lower Green (1.75 miles)	57
Esher (1.86 miles)	45
Oatlands Park (1.24 miles)	38
Fairmile (1.96 miles)	22
Claremont Park (1.39 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Hersham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Walton-on-Thames	46
Rydens	43
Ashley Park	37
Field Common	35
Hersham	33
Lower Green	18
Oatlands Park	12
Esher	11
Fairmile	7
Claremont Park	4

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

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 Hersham 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 Hersham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Walton North	60
2	Walton Central	55
3	Esher	51
4	Walton South	48
5	Weybridge Riverside	47
6	Cobham and Downside	46
7	Shepperton Town	42
8	Hersham Village	41
9	Weybridge St George's Hill	26
10	Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon	24
11	Oatlands and Burwood Park	21

Which road in Hersham has the highest level of crime?

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