Claygate, Elmbridge: Safety
Safety
Claygate is a genuinely safe neighbourhood, with crime rates that sit well below both UK and South East averages. Better still, things are getting safer year on year.
In 2024, Claygate had 45.7 crimes per 1,000 residents — already much lower than the UK average of 91.6. By 2025, that figure had fallen to 33.7 per 1,000, while the UK average was 88.6. Through 2026 so far, it's down to 19.1 per 1,000 against a UK average of 39.6.
Neighbouring areas like Esher and Chessington South have recorded noticeably higher crime rates across all 3 years. Claygate consistently outperforms them.
The trend here is clear: crime is dropping steadily. That makes Claygate one of the safer places to buy in this part of Surrey.
Source: police-recorded crime for Claygate ward (Surrey Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Claygate ward: Surrey Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Claygate ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
33.6
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
South East region average
84.2
Neighbouring wards
Similar to
Hinchley Wood and Weston Green
30.9
Lower than
Esher
67.6
Higher than
Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon
30.5
Lower than
Chessington South & Malden Rushett
59.4
Lower than
Hook & Chessington North
61.1
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Claygate ward and the South East region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences37%38%
- Anti-social behaviour18%14%
- Public order12%7%
- Vehicle crime7%4%
- Burglary7%3%
- Criminal damage and arson7%8%
- Other theft5%7%
- Shoplifting4%10%
- Drugs3%3%
- Other crime<1%2%
