Esher
Middle areaEast Elmbridge. 7,282 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Esher live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Esher
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Esher at a rate of 68.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Elmbridge.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 179 |
| Other crime | 107 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 67 |
| Drug offences | 31 |
| Shoplifting | 27 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 26 |
| Vehicle crime | 26 |
| Burglary | 21 |
| Robbery | 9 |
| Theft from the person | 6 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Esher compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Esher safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Esher at a rate of 68.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Elmbridge.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Esher.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (179), other crime (107) and anti-social behaviour (67).
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 Elmbridge
These figures are published for the whole of Elmbridge, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Elmbridge and not Esher alone. See Elmbridge
Esher in brief
The median price paid for a home in Esher was £950,000 in 2025.
Esher had 7,098 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Esher live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Esher, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.