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Crime · Merstham
Reported crime in the South Merstham built-up area
1,186 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 102 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the South Merstham built-up area, which includes Merstham. There are no separate figures for Merstham. What each figure covers
Total incidents
1,186
Rate / 1,000
102
Categories
13
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 393 | 33% |
| Anti social behaviour | 262 | 22% |
| Vehicle crime | 130 | 11% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 112 | 9% |
| Public order | 94 | 8% |
| Other theft | 66 | 6% |
| Drugs | 48 | 4% |
| Burglary | 22 | 2% |
| Other crime | 22 | 2% |
| Shoplifting | 17 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 12 | 1% |
| Robbery | 4 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 19 | 42 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 393 |
| Anti social behaviour | 20 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 32 | 262 |
| Vehicle crime | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 130 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 12 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 112 |
| Public order | 11 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 94 |
| Other theft | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 66 |
| Drugs | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 48 |
| Burglary | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | |
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | |||
| Shoplifting | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 110 | 101 | 74 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 99 | 97 | 118 | 111 | 103 | 115 | 1186 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Merstham, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 11,634.