Crime Statistics for Polesden Lacey, Mole Valley, Surrey, 2024

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Polesden Lacey in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Other Theft, followed by Burglary.

Crime Category	Incidents
Other Theft	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	2

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 Polesden Lacey. 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 Polesden Lacey

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Dorking (2.63 miles)	112
Pixham (2.77 miles)	97
Tower Hill (3.1 miles)	85
Fetcham (1.96 miles)	46
Great Bookham (1.24 miles)	45
Little Bookham (1.39 miles)	33
Effingham (1.39 miles)	13
Ranmore Common (1.39 miles)	9
Polesden Lacey	2
Fredley (1.86 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Polesden Lacey?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Dorking	40
Tower Hill	35
Pixham	33
Fetcham	14
Great Bookham	12
Little Bookham	7
Effingham	4
Ranmore Common	2
Polesden Lacey	0
Fredley	0

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

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 Polesden Lacey 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 Polesden Lacey compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Polesden Lacey and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Polesden Lacey is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Holmwoods	47
2	Westcott	38
3	Dorking South	38
4	Bookham North	34
5	Dorking North	32
6	Bookham South	30
7	Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham	28
8	Effingham	22
9	Fetcham West	14
10	Clandon and Horsley	14
11	Fetcham East	13

Which road in Polesden Lacey has the highest level of crime?

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