Crime Statistics for Leatherhead, Surrey, 2024

There were a total of 113 street level crime incidents in Leatherhead in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Leatherhead, 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	39
Shoplifting	20
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Public Order	10
Burglary	9
Vehicle Crime	8
Other Theft	7
Drugs	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Bicycle Theft	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	113

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 Leatherhead. 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 Leatherhead

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Lower Ashtead (0.88 miles)	123
Leatherhead	113
Leatherhead Common (1.24 miles)	93
Ashtead (1.75 miles)	57
Fetcham (1.39 miles)	46
Great Bookham (2.24 miles)	45
Pachesham Park (1.86 miles)	30
Mole (1.67 miles)	15
Tyrell’s Wood (1.39 miles)	3
Fredley (2.49 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Leatherhead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Leatherhead	39
Lower Ashtead	38
Leatherhead Common	26
Ashtead	18
Fetcham	14
Great Bookham	12
Mole	8
Pachesham Park	7
Tyrell’s Wood	0
Fredley	0

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

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 Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Stamford	53
2	Bookham North	34
3	Leatherhead South	31
4	Bookham South	30
5	Leatherhead North	25
6	Ashtead Common	21
7	Ashtead Park	19
8	Ashtead Village	17
9	Box Hill and Headley	15
10	Fetcham West	14
11	Fetcham East	13

Which road in Leatherhead has the highest level of crime?

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