Dorking Rural East

Retail Crime
Work with retailers to reduce retail Crime and increase the feeling of safety within Mole Valley.

•Increased visible presence, with officers deployed to hotspot locations identified through data and intelligence.
•Prevent and disrupt shop theft and abusive behaviour against retail staff, while providing reassurance and increasing public confidence in local policing.
•Prompt investigation where a suspect is identified. We support investigation with evidence gathering and timely arrests .
•Collaboration with stores and remote CCTV providers for timely evidence gathering and partnership collaboration.
•Increased covert officers patrolling the area.
•Joint working with retailers and the BID
•Partnership with support agencies to engage offenders who may be coerced into offending, aiming to prevent repeat crimes.
•Promoting proactive use of the the ‘DISC’ system for improved information sharing, crime reporting, and management of known offenders and the issuing of Banning letters
•We will relentlessly pursue persistent offenders, and make good use of custody time to charge and remand offenders rather than granting bail.
• Use of the Anti-Social Behaviour Legislation to prevent offenders coming to the area.
•Engage with retailers to promote crime prevention schemes, encourage CCTV upgrade/ installations.

Rural Burglaries
Over the Autumn and winter months, with the darker evenings, we have historically seen increase in burglaries. In response we have deployed an autumn and winter nights burglary campaign.

Throughout our campaign we will be;
•Conducting targeted dedicated high-visibility and covert burglary patrols
•We will targeted hotspot locations to deter offending, disrupt criminal activity, and provide reassurance to local communities
•We will support victims through crime prevention advice
•Seek opportunities to gain and develop intelligence around burglaries and potential subjects.
•Engage with the community, raise awareness and provide prevention advice.

The aim is to
•Reduce the number of burglary victims across Mole Valley
•Increase public confidence
•Bring offenders to justice

Livestock Worrying

The farming community are continuing to tell us that they are suffering increased Livestock worrying incidents which have a huge impact on their livelihoods.

What we want to continue to do
•Continue to build good relationships with the farming community and work together to tackle this issue, protect livestock and their livelihood by reducing incidents of livestock worrying by dogs.
•Continue to encourage farmers to report incidents early and share information to enable us to investigative promptly and build intelligence around peak times and locations.
•Identify and prosecute offenders where evidence supports criminal offences.
•Improve public awareness of responsible dog ownership and the consequence of livestock worrying; through education, renewed signage, social media and visible patrols in repeat locations and dog walking hotspots.
•Prevention engagement events to try to prevent incidents before they happen. Identify particularly vulnerable areas and work with the farmers in target hardening.

Anti- Social riding of high powered 2-wheeler vehicles A24, Mickleham, Westhumble, Boxhill and surrounding areas.
Objective: Reduce antisocial motorcycle use, noise nuisance, and traffic offences along the A24 corridor and surrounding areas of Dorking through Education, engagement and enforcement

What have we done?
•We have reviewed data and engaged with the community to identified peak times and days as Wednesday evenings, weekends and primarily during periods of good weather.
•We secured funding for officer overtime and engagement tools from the Surrey Road Safety Partnership. We have deployed overtime throughout the summer months to support business as usual patrols.
• Together with partner agencies we are committed to tackling this issue which we recognise is having a negative effect on the community and other road users. We have continued to attend Joint Action Group (JAG) meetings with partner agencies to problem solve this issue.
•We have held a public meeting and have run 2 public surveys during the warmer months of 2026 to encourage the community to have their say and get involved in sharing their experience and ideas.

What we plan to continue doing;

•Continue to engage with those effected by this issue, continue to monitor and respond to reports.
•Encourage residents to record: Registration numbers, Rider descriptions, Time and location, Video or CCTV evidence where available.
•Continue to work closely with partners including; Surrey County council ( SCC) ,National trust, Mole Valley district council ( MVDC) and other involved parties. To explore enforcement options and consider road layout/ traffic calming / restriction options.
•Continue to be part of the Joint Action Group ( JAG)
•Once the Public Space Protection Order ( PSPO) is enforceable, Police will gather and provide evidence for enforcement by MVDC.
•Continued patrols and engagement activity.

Ultimately the aim is to deliver a visible presence, disrupt activity, reassure residents, and make the A24 through Dorking a less attractive route for antisocial motorcycle activity while maintaining good relations with lawful motorcyclists.