Meadvale & St John's, Reigate and Banstead: Safety
Safety
Meadvale & St John's is a genuinely safe neighbourhood. It recorded around 31 crimes per 1,000 people in 2024 and 2025 — well below the UK average of 89 to 92 per 1,000. That's a real difference.
Neighbouring areas like Redhill West & Wray Common and Earlswood & Whitebushes saw rates two to three times higher during the same period. Meadvale & St John's is noticeably quieter than its surroundings.
Anti-social behaviour has dropped too. There were 47 incidents in 2024, falling to 35 in 2025. Early figures for 2026 suggest the improvement is continuing, with crime tracking lower than it was at this point last year.
Source: police-recorded crime for Meadvale & St John's 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. Meadvale & St John's 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
Meadvale & St John's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
33.8
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
South East region average
84.2
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Redhill West & Wray Common
101.6
Lower than
Reigate
84.2
Lower than
South Park & Woodhatch
53.7
Lower than
Earlswood & Whitebushes
107.2
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Meadvale & St John's ward and the South East region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences41%38%
- Anti-social behaviour14%14%
- Criminal damage and arson10%8%
- Public order8%7%
- Burglary7%3%
- Other theft7%7%
- Vehicle crime7%4%
- Drugs4%3%
- Other crime2%2%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Possession of weapons<1%1%
