Yes, about as safe as the rest of Tandridge, which isn't a high bar to clear. Crime runs a whisker above the district average. Violence makes up a smaller share here than nationally. The category that stands out is anti-social behaviour. It's an ordinary Surrey number, nothing more alarming than that.
Police.uk recorded 441 crimes across the South Nutfield area in the year from June 2025 to May 2026. The published rate is about 72 crimes per 1,000 residents, roughly 3% above the Tandridge average. That's close enough to count as level with the district, not a warning sign, and nobody should move away over a gap that small.
The Tandridge-wide rate for the same period is about 70 per 1,000. So the choice is 72 against 70. An estate agent would call the area average and an anxious buyer would call it above average, and both would be describing the same two numbers.
As for what kind of place produces these numbers, the South Nutfield area averages about 1,640 people per square kilometre across its neighbourhoods. Unemployment is about 3%, and about 3% of households are overcrowded. It's settled and mostly employed, with room to breathe.
The mix is where the area differs from the national pattern, though the small totals mean a few incidents can swing any share by several points. Treat this as the last twelve months, not a permanent trait. Anti-social behaviour made up about 35% of recorded crime here, against 16% nationally. Violence and sexual offences, a broad legal category that includes common assault with no injury, made up about 24%, against 35% nationally. Criminal damage and arson came to about 12% against 7%. Public order offences, at about 8% against 7%, are close to the national pattern, as are other theft at about 5% against 7% and drugs at about 5% against 4%. Put plainly, the area records less violence than typical and more nuisance, which is the kind of crime that shows up as a village social media thread, not an ambulance.
Once a crime is reported, Surrey Police charges a suspect in about 11% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which puts it 30th of 42 forces on that measure. That figure covers the whole force, not this area, and it says nothing about how safe the streets are. It answers a different question: whether anyone gets charged. In about 36% of cases the force closes the file with no suspect identified. If your shed is broken into, the neighbours are likelier to hear about it than a magistrate is.
South Nutfield sits in the middle for safety. It's neither a worry nor a selling point, and the thing most likely to bother you is the kind of low-level nuisance that gets a parish meeting talking, not anything that puts residents in danger.