Crime in Tandridge: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (1,928), anti-social behaviour (1,320) and criminal damage and arson (592) made up 62% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 224th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lower half.

Recorded crime in Tandridge peaked in the year to August 2020 (7,157 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2023 (5,454). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 8%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (83% below) and robbery (75% below) were well below it. On the year before, anti-social behaviour rose from 961 to 1,320 and possession of weapons rose from 45 to 55, while drugs fell from 304 to 160 and burglary fell from 251 to 213.

What each category covers: crime categories.

4,884 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Tandridge in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 53.9 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 2% on the year ending March 2025 (4,978), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Tandridge had the 52nd lowest 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 Tandridge, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 758 offences (16% of the total). No category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate. Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.15 times), possession of drugs (0.33 times) and shoplifting (0.42 times).

The largest rises on the year were in rape (+20%) and criminal damage (+11%). The largest falls were in trafficking of drugs (−40%) and possession of weapons (−30%). 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 Tandridge 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. Tandridge'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, Tandridge had the 4th lowest 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.

6 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Tandridge; the highest is Crawley (129.6 per 1,000) and the lowest Sevenoaks district (62.7).

Of the 33 areas within Tandridge, Valley had the highest crime rate (125.5 per 1,000) and Woldingham the lowest (20.8), 6 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 19% of the crime recorded in Tandridge over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (281).

Of the 4,920 crimes in Tandridge with a recorded outcome, 37% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 3.4% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,320 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Tandridge has an estimated population of 90,586 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (11%, against 23%), less social housing (11%, against 17%) and less private renting (13%, against 20%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Tandridge average decile 7.1 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.

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