Postcode · Oxted
Crime in RH8 0LT
How much crime is recorded in RH8 0LT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oxted North
- Council
- Tandridge
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,778 (2024)
RH8 0LTOxted
How safe is RH8 0LT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH8 0LT 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
20.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
73
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).
RH8 0LTNational
Shoplifting26.28.4
Violence and sexual offences15.623.6
Anti-social behaviour7.810.7
Public order5.24.6
Other theft5.14.5
Burglary4.29.1
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Robbery1.21.4
Drugs1.12.4
Theft from the person1.12.1
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% 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.