Postcode · Banstead
Crime in SM7 2BT
How much crime is recorded in SM7 2BT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Banstead
- Council
- Reigate and Banstead
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,152 (2024)
SM7 2BTBanstead
How safe is SM7 2BT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM7 2BT 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
34
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).
SM7 2BTNational
Burglary18.39.1
Violence and sexual offences11.323.6
Anti-social behaviour8.010.7
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Drugs1.62.4
Other theft1.54.5
Public order0.94.6
Shoplifting0.58.4
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.