Crime Rate in Colgate & Rusper, ward

Colgate & Rusper has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 wards in Horsham district and the 3295th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 467th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Colgate & Rusper in the last 12 months was 71.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% higher than the Horsham district average (57.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Colgate & Rusper’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 198 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Colgate & Rusper ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Clovers Way. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.