# Dorking

Town in Mole Valley, South East.

Dorking is a town in Mole Valley, South East. Median sale price £442,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 76.5 per 1,000 people. About 17,893 people.

Town. Code E63005610. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley)

Dorking is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Dorking add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £442,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dorking was £442,500 in 2025. Joint 132nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dorking#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 17,463** (2021). Dorking had 17,463 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 602nd least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dorking#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 66%** (2022). About 66% of people in Dorking live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dorking#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.9%** (January 2026). In Dorking, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dorking#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005610) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 66% of people in Dorking live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005610) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 266 homes were sold in Dorking in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005610) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Dorking.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005610) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Dorking had 17,463 usual residents at the census.

## How Dorking compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Dorking | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £442,500 | joint 71st most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 17,463 | 97th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 66% | joint 85th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.9% | joint 70th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Dorking safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorking at a rate of 76.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 103 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorking.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (472), other crime (251) and anti-social behaviour (208).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Dorking was 79.6 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 Dorking, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Dorking has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Dorking

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mole Valley 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030532) | 1,621 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| [Mole Valley 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030533) | 1,424 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.4% |
| [Mole Valley 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030534) | 1,405 | 163.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.9% |
| [Mole Valley 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030535) | 1,845 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.5% |
| [Mole Valley 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030536) | 1,833 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.5% |
| [Mole Valley 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030537) | 1,718 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.9% |
| [Mole Valley 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030538) | 1,926 | 146.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| [Mole Valley 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030545) | 1,498 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| [Mole Valley 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030546) | 1,552 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| [Mole Valley 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/neighbourhood/e01030547) | 1,710 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.5% |

## Your MP

- [Dorking and Horley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dorking-and-horley): Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley)

## Postcode districts covering Dorking

[RH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh4), [RH5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh5)

## Middle areas in Dorking

[Dorking North & Westhumble](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/dorking-north-and-westhumble), [Dorking South](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/dorking-south), [Holmwoods](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley/holmwoods)

## Towns near Dorking

[Leatherhead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leatherhead), [Great Bookham and Fetcham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-bookham-and-fetcham), [Reigate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/reigate), [Tadworth and Epsom Downs](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tadworth-and-epsom-downs), [Ashtead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashtead), [Epsom](https://openindex.co.uk/town/epsom)

## Dorking in brief

Dorking is a town in Mole Valley, South East.
About 17,893 people lived in Dorking in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £442,500 in 2025 across 266 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Dorking was £442,500 in 2025.
Dorking had 17,463 usual residents at the census.
About 66% of people in Dorking live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dorking, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005610
- Constituency: [Dorking and Horley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dorking-and-horley)
- Council: [Mole Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.16 km²
- People, mid-2024: 17,893*
- Neighbourhoods: 10
- Output areas: 55

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Leatherhead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leatherhead), [Great Bookham and Fetcham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-bookham-and-fetcham), [Reigate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/reigate), [Tadworth and Epsom Downs](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tadworth-and-epsom-downs), [Ashtead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashtead), [Epsom](https://openindex.co.uk/town/epsom)

## Latest updates for Dorking

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005610

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/dorking, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/dorking#f-house-sales-median-price.

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