Crime in Spelthorne: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (3,167), anti-social behaviour (1,475) and public order (951) made up 60% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 148th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

The year to August 2026 had the least recorded crime in Spelthorne of any year here (9,305 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 4%, in line with England and Wales.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Spelthorne recorded notably more public order (33% above the national rate), and notably less theft from the person (57% below) and bicycle theft (35% below). On the year before, possession of weapons rose from 78 to 118 and robbery rose from 73 to 95, while bicycle theft fell from 83 to 57 and vehicle crime fell from 571 to 414.

What each category covers: crime categories.

8,066 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Spelthorne in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 75.3 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 7% on the year ending March 2025 (8,641), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Spelthorne had the 125th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Offences recorded in Spelthorne, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 1,447 offences (18% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for public order offences (1.3 times the national rate) and miscellaneous crimes against society (1.3 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.38 times), robbery of personal property (0.45 times) and rape (0.57 times).

The largest rises on the year were in non-residential burglary (+53%) and possession of weapons (+26%). The largest falls were in vehicle offences (−36%) and arson (−32%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Spelthorne since the year ending March 2013

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2013 to 2026. Spelthorne's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 14 years. Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the Surrey Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 11 districts in the Surrey Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Spelthorne had the highest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

4 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Spelthorne; the highest is Hillingdon district (119.2 per 1,000) and the lowest Elmbridge (61.2).

Of the 23 areas within Spelthorne, Staines had the highest crime rate (222.5 per 1,000) and Laleham the lowest (16.8), 13 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 26% of the crime recorded in Spelthorne over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (710).

Of the 7,830 crimes in Spelthorne with a recorded outcome, 32% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 5.6% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,475 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Spelthorne has an estimated population of 107,074 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (15%, against 23%), fewer students (5.3%, against 7.9%) and less social housing (13%, against 17%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Spelthorne average decile 6.5 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.