Postcode district · Banstead
Crime in SM7
How much crime is recorded in SM7, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Reigate and Banstead
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 27,297 (2024)
SM7Postcode district · Banstead
How safe is SM7
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in SM7, 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
19.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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).
SM7National
Violence and sexual offences13.923.6
Burglary7.69.1
Anti-social behaviour5.610.7
Other crime3.31.5
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Public order3.04.6
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Shoplifting2.18.4
Other theft2.04.5
Drugs1.52.4
Robbery0.51.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% 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.