Postcode · Dorking
Crime in RH5 5AF
How much crime is recorded in RH5 5AF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Charlwood, Newdigate & Beare Green
- Council
- Mole Valley
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,899 (2024)
RH5 5AFDorking
How safe is RH5 5AF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH5 5AF area, 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
19.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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).
RH5 5AFNational
Anti-social behaviour15.310.7
Violence and sexual offences15.023.6
Burglary8.09.1
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Public order2.64.6
Other crime1.91.5
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Other theft1.54.5
Robbery0.41.4
Shoplifting0.48.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 5% 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.