Church of St Martin · Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0East Horsley sees less crime per resident than nine in ten UK towns
Graded on crimes police recorded inside East Horsley’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it scores A for safety: #2 of 65 in Surrey. It has less violent crime than 95% of UK towns, and less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 67%. Violent crime was up 16% in a year. Police counts work out at 9.2 violent and sexual offences and 7.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in East Horsley
Less crime than most places its size
Of 628 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, East Horsley has the 16th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Gresford, Great Shelford and Stapleford and Washingborough and Heighington, higher than Wrecclesham, Meols and Carryduff. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 73% of East Horsley’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 16% more violent crime per resident in East Horsley than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind East Horsley’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 281 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks East Horsley against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Most East Horsley residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
100% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
East Horsley’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Set against 628 towns its size, East Horsley is 16th
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Wrecclesham Surrey | 7,312 | 11.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | A |
| 14 | Meols Merseyside | 5,023 | 12.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | A |
| 15 | Carryduff Lisburn and Castlereagh | 7,173 | 11.5 | 5.1 | 3.7 | A |
| 16 | East Horsley Surrey | 5,843 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 5.5 | A |
| 17 | Penrhyn Bay Clwyd | 4,201 | 13 | 3.7 | 4.2 | A |
| 18 | Brayton North Yorkshire | 4,092 | 12.6 | 4.4 | 1.4 | A |
| 19 | Brundall Norfolk | 4,378 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 7.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 36 | Lightwater Surrey | 6,539 | 11.3 | 7 | 11.3 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 43 | Bramley and Wonersh Surrey | 4,193 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 5.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 79 | Milford and Witley Surrey | 6,489 | 14.6 | 7.6 | 6.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 99 | Hindhead Surrey | 6,444 | 16.3 | 7 | 8.3 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 628 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near East Horsley, and others in Surrey.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, East Horsley runs highest on burglary (2.9 per 1,000 against 1.9) and vehicle crime (3.1 per 1,000 against 2). Public order and violence & sexual offences sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 9.8 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 40 | 6.8 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 18 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 18 | 3.1 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 17 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 7 | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
How crime in East Horsley has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +16% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -2% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +4% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour +67% (towns its size +0%).
Crime in East Horsley per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 7 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
One person died in collisions on East Horsley’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 30 collisions with injuries inside East Horsley in five years, in which one person died. 12 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 4 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; East Horsley’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, East Horsley had 41.1 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (16.7).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside East Horsley’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around East Horsley
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 9.2 | 7.5 | A |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 10.6 | 8.5 | A |
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 21,655 | 15.3 | 7.5 | A− |
| Ripley | 1,714 | 19.5 | 10.3 | B |
| West Clandon | 1,233 | 10.3 | 9.3 | A− |
| Send | 4,094 | 15.3 | 8.9 | B+ |
| Gomshall | 1,378 | 15.8 | 12.4 | B |
| Cobham | 17,505 | 19.5 | 11.3 | B− |
East Horsley records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where East Horsley sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in East Horsley
Is East Horsley safe?
Police recorded 9.2 violent and sexual offences and 7.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside East Horsley’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 90% of UK towns. Among 628 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, East Horsley is 16th from the least crime. 73% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in East Horsley?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 16%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 67%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in East Horsley?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (18) and vehicle crime (18), with 40 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does East Horsley compare with Guildford?
Guildford records 44.3 violent and sexual offences and 15.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against East Horsley’s 9.2 and 7.5, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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