Surrey Police's Dorking Town team has named three priorities: anti-social behaviour, retail crime and reducing drug-related harm. Our retail officers, mobile patrols and monitored CCTV give Dorking businesses practical support on each.
Trusted Protection in Dorking
Dorking's neighbourhood officers are focused on anti-social behaviour, retail crime and drug-related harm, and the Police.uk figures within a mile reflect that: 172 anti-social behaviour reports and 127 shoplifting offences in a year. For shops, a uniformed officer on the floor deters theft and gives staff confidence. For businesses troubled by loitering or damage after hours, patrols and cameras create a record that can be shared with police when needed.
Dorking Business Profile
We have 40 security workers in our network whose homes are within 10 miles of Dorking. Twenty hold an active SIA licence and can be booked for shifts, and 15 have a car for patrols and alarm calls. Every one has passed BS 7858 vetting and is paid through PAYE, and GPS book-on with digital reports gives clients a clear record of each visit.
Mole Valley has 5,160 registered businesses, and professional services make up 1,180 of them, a 22.9% share against 15.6% nationally. Those firms usually want reception security, concierge cover and key holding rather than a guard on the gate. Construction follows with 745 firms and business services with 470. Education, at 2.6% against 1.9%, adds schools and colleges needing gate control and holiday protection.
Dorking Halls, the Green Room Theatre, art-K and the Cyril Follett memorial hall all lie within 5km. Venues with capacity for 200 or more people will be in scope of Martyn's Law once it commences, and our stewards can help with event planning. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Dorking
Five rail stations sit within 5km of Dorking, including Dorking, Dorking Deepdene, Dorking West and Box Hill & Westhumble. Business activity spreads across the Glebelands Centre Business Park and Chapel Lane Industrial Estate, with Betchworth Quarry Works and a battery energy storage site nearby. Thirty-one pubs, bars and nightclubs keep the evenings active, so cover runs from industrial perimeters to busy licensed premises.
Services in Dorking
The services below can be booked for any Dorking shop, office, school, industrial unit or venue.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk shows 1,163 offences within a mile of Dorking for September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences account for 364, about 31%. Anti-social behaviour follows with 172, shoplifting 127, public order 105 and criminal damage and arson 97. The latest three months were 16% lower than the year before. Anti-social behaviour and shoplifting together make up over a quarter of all offences, matching the police team's priorities and the cover most relevant to town-centre businesses.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Dorking Town team's published priorities are anti-social behaviour, retail crime and reducing drug-related harm.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Dorking.
Areas We Cover Near Dorking
Leatherhead is 4 miles from Dorking, Reigate 5 miles and Redhill 7 miles, and our services reach all three.
Postcodes We Cover in Dorking
The 5 postcode districts nearest central Dorking, covering parts of Mole Valley, Guildford, Horsham, Waverley, Elmbridge and Kingston upon Thames.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Dorking Security FAQs
Yes. Retail crime is a named priority for the Dorking Town police team, and 127 shoplifting offences were recorded within a mile in a year. Our uniformed retail officers deter theft and keep detailed incident reports.
With 172 anti-social behaviour reports locally, mobile patrols and CCTV monitoring help deter loitering and damage after hours. Every patrol is logged by GPS, so you have evidence to share with police.
Forty security workers in our network have homes within 10 miles, and 20 hold active SIA licences and can be booked. Fifteen have a car, which suits patrols and alarm response across Mole Valley.
Professional services make up 22.9% of Mole Valley businesses, well above the national 15.6%. We supply reception and concierge officers, plus key holding and alarm response once offices close.
Education accounts for 2.6% of local firms against 1.9% nationally. We offer gate control, campus patrols and holiday-period checks, with alarm activations handled by our 24/7 control room.
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Ask for a free on-site audit, worth £250, of your Dorking premises, or call 0800 471 4792 for a tailored quote.
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