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Dorking North

Ward

North west Mole Valley. About 7,567 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Dorking North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,278
3,838th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dorking North compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Dorking NorthMiddle
Population13 wards, Mole Valley · 2021
Population: every ward in Mole Valley13 areas from 5,718 to 7,658. The middle area is 6,644. Dorking North is 7,278.
7,2784th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Mole Valley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Mole Valley13 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 59.0%. Dorking North is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Mole Valley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Mole Valley13 areas from 51.6% to 93.2%. The middle area is 85.4%. Dorking North is 89.9%.
89.9%4th highest
Claimant rate13 wards, Mole Valley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Mole Valley13 areas from 0.5% to 3.4%. The middle area is 1.7%. Dorking North is 2.2%.
2.2%4th highest

Is Dorking North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorking North at a rate of 87.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 65.3 per 1,000 people across Mole Valley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorking North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (88), other crime (83) and anti-social behaviour (77).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Mole Valley

These figures are published for the whole of Mole Valley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Mole Valley and not Dorking North alone. See Mole Valley

Average house price
£555,858
Up 2.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,937
89th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.9×
Joint 12th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.8
Joint 19th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Dorking North in brief

Dorking North had 7,278 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Dorking North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Dorking North, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dorking North, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.