Dorking Town vs Hersham

Dorking Town has a safety score of 6/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,109 crimes in the last 12 months. Hersham has a safety score of 20/100 (High Crime) with 709 crimes. Hersham scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Dorking Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +4.4% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Hersham shows -12.7% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Dorking Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (329 incidents). In Hersham, it is Violent Crime (297 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Dorking Town recorded 153 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Hersham recorded 100. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Dorking Town totalled 329 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 297 in Hersham. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Dorking Town recorded 1,062 crimes (now 1,109, a change of +4.4%). Hersham recorded 812 crimes previously (now 709, -12.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Dorking Town has a resolution rate of 22.9% and Hersham has 23.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Dorking Town falls within the Surrey Police boundary. Hersham is covered by Surrey Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Dorking Town and Hersham. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.