Postcode · Dorking
Crime in RH5 5BE
How much crime is recorded in RH5 5BE, 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
- 1,425 (2024)
RH5 5BEDorking
How safe is RH5 5BE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH5 5BE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 5BENational
Violence and sexual offences14.923.6
Burglary2.99.1
Other theft2.64.5
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Anti-social behaviour2.110.7
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Drugs1.22.4
Public order1.04.6
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Other crime0.51.5
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.