Postcode district · Dorking
Crime in RH4
How much crime is recorded in RH4, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Mole Valley
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 24,415 (2024)
RH4Postcode district · Dorking
How safe is RH4
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in RH4, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
RH4National
Violence and sexual offences15.223.6
Burglary12.19.1
Anti-social behaviour10.810.7
Shoplifting5.88.4
Public order4.44.6
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Other theft3.04.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Drugs1.42.4
Other crime1.11.5
Robbery0.51.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 13% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.