Postcode district · Lingfield
Crime in RH7
How much crime is recorded in RH7, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Tandridge
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 15,803 (2024)
RH7Postcode district · Lingfield
How safe is RH7
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in RH7, 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
18.6
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).
RH7National
Violence and sexual offences12.723.6
Anti-social behaviour11.910.7
Burglary8.09.1
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Other theft3.54.5
Public order3.54.6
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Shoplifting2.98.4
Other crime1.11.5
Drugs0.92.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.41.4
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.