RH5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dorking and Beare Green, in Mole Valley.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RH5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RH5, 63.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RH5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RH5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RH5 at a rate of 53.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.6 per 1,000 people across RH.
In August 2026 alone, 96 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RH5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (276), violence and sexual offences (250) and other crime (139).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RH5 was 46.4 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in RH5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RH5 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RH5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mole Valley 009D | 1,891 | 108.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 64.1% |
| Mole Valley 011A | 1,651 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 43.5% |
| Mole Valley 011B | 1,498 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| Mole Valley 011C | 1,552 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| Mole Valley 012A | 1,631 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.9% |
| Mole Valley 012B | 1,643 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 37.1% |
| Mole Valley 012C | 1,963 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 41.7% |
| Mole Valley 013A | 1,940 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 49.0% |
| Mole Valley 013B | 1,410 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
MPs for RH5
- Chris CoghlanLiberal DemocratMP for Dorking and Horley94% of RH5’s postcodes
- Sir Jeremy HuntConservativeMP for Godalming and Ash5.0% of RH5’s postcodes
- Zöe FranklinLiberal DemocratMP for Guildford1.1% of RH5’s postcodes
- John MilneLiberal DemocratMP for Horsham0.3% of RH5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in RH53
Postcode sectors in RH53
Council1
Towns in RH51
Postcode districts next to RH513
Nearest rail stations2
More in the RH postcode area2
RH5 in brief
RH5 is a postcode district covering Dorking and Beare Green, in Mole Valley.
About 15,583 people lived in RH5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £539,000 in 2025 across 204 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RH5 was £539,000 in 2025.
RH5 had 15,434 usual residents at the census.
In RH5, 63.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RH5, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.