Crime Statistics for Lower Ashtead, Leatherhead, Surrey, 2024

Crime statistics for Lower Ashtead, Leatherhead

There were a total of 105 street level crime incidents in Lower Ashtead in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Ashtead, 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 Crime36
Vehicle Crime13
Anti Social Behaviour12
Other Theft11
Shoplifting11
Public Order6
Criminal Damage Arson5
Burglary5
Drugs4
Other Crime1
Robbery1
All Crime105

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 Lower Ashtead. 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 Lower Ashtead

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Lower Ashtead105
Leatherhead (0.88 miles)96
Leatherhead Common (0.88 miles)95
Ashtead (0.88 miles)55
Fetcham (2.24 miles)42
Pachesham Park (1.39 miles)36
Mole (1.84 miles)16
Malden Rushett (2.49 miles)6
Langley Vale (2.48 miles)6
Tyrell’s Wood (1.39 miles)3

19.36%
of Leatherhead North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lower Ashtead?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Lower Ashtead36
Leatherhead36
Leatherhead Common33
Ashtead14
Fetcham13
Pachesham Park10
Mole7
Langley Vale2
Malden Rushett0
Tyrell’s Wood0

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

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 Lower Ashtead 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 Lower Ashtead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Ashtead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Ashtead is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Stamford53
2Chessington South42
3Leatherhead South31
4Bookham South30
5Leatherhead North25
6Ashtead Common21
7Ashtead Park19
8Ashtead Village17
9Box Hill and Headley15
10Fetcham West14
11Fetcham East13

Which road in Lower Ashtead has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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