Which is the worst area for crime in Surrey?

These figures cannot answer that. They are counts of offences recorded near each town centre, not rates per head, and busy town centres always record more than residential villages. Comparing them as a ranking would be misleading.

How current are these figures?

Street-level police data is published about two months in arrears. The most recent month available is August 2026.

Crime statistics for Surrey towns

Recorded offences near the centre of 82 Surrey towns during August 2026, the most recent month the police have published. Choose a town for the breakdown by offence type.

Borough crime rates

Lowest: Waverley

These are comparable. Offences are counted inside each borough's real boundary and divided by its population, so the differences reflect crime rather than how many people live there. Surrey averages 70 per 1,000 residents a year.

Waverley 5,849 offences · 137,218 residents +14.6% 42.6
Elmbridge 8,467 offences · 142,484 residents +5.9% 59.4
Surrey Heath 5,855 offences · 95,094 residents +16.5% 61.6
Mole Valley 5,859 offences · 88,808 residents +22.7% 66
Reigate & Banstead 11,016 offences · 159,413 residents +9.5% 69.1
Tandridge 6,561 offences · 90,322 residents +15.5% 72.6
Woking 7,734 offences · 106,197 residents +14.8% 72.8
Guildford 12,296 offences · 152,148 residents +6.1% 80.8
Runnymede 7,811 offences · 93,013 residents +18.7% 84
Epsom & Ewell 7,086 offences · 83,370 residents +10.3% 85
Spelthorne 9,318 offences · 107,188 residents +15% 86.9

Offences per 1,000 residents in the twelve months to August 2026. The percentage compares the last six months with the six before.

By town

Town figures are counts, not rates

Unlike the borough table above, these count offences near a town centre, so they are not adjusted for population and cannot be compared between towns - a town centre with shops and pubs always records more than the village beside it. They answer what is happening near you, not where is safest.

5,821 offences across 82 towns in August 2026. Town figures are not added together into county or borough totals: each covers a radius around a town centre, and neighbouring radii overlap. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from data.police.uk.