Postcode · Oxted
Crime in RH8 9LR
How much crime is recorded in RH8 9LR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oxted North
- Council
- Tandridge
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,525 (2024)
RH8 9LROxted
How safe is RH8 9LR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH8 9LR 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
16.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
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 9LRNational
Violence and sexual offences11.523.6
Anti-social behaviour6.910.7
Burglary3.89.1
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Other theft1.54.5
Drugs1.42.4
Robbery0.91.4
Public order0.94.6
Theft from the person0.52.1
Other crime0.41.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Shoplifting0.48.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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.