Crime Statistics for Lower Kingswood, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, 2024

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Lower Kingswood 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 Lower Kingswood, 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	5
Burglary	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Shoplifting	1
Other Crime	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	12

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 Lower Kingswood. 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 Lower Kingswood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Coles Meads (2.24 miles)	200
Burgh Heath (2.49 miles)	84
Margery (0.88 miles)	41
Gatton (1.86 miles)	21
Tadworth (2.24 miles)	21
Lower Kingswood	12
Walton-on-the-Hill (1.39 miles)	6
Mogador (0.88 miles)	6
Reigate Heath (1.96 miles)	5
Buckland (2.24 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Lower Kingswood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Coles Meads	55
Burgh Heath	34
Margery	12
Gatton	7
Tadworth	7
Lower Kingswood	5
Mogador	4
Reigate Heath	3
Buckland	2
Walton-on-the-Hill	1

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

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 Kingswood 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 Kingswood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Tattenham Corner & Preston	58
2	Banstead Village	53
3	Earlswood & Whitebushes	43
4	Redhill East	40
5	South Park & Woodhatch	40
6	Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton	35
7	Redhill West & Wray Common	35
8	Meadvale & St John's	34
9	Reigate	27
10	Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland	23
11	Box Hill and Headley	15

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

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