Crime Rate in Crawley Down, ward

Crawley Down has the 9th lowest crime rate of 27 wards in Mid Sussex district and the 1970th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 358th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Crawley Down in the last 12 months was 43.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.5% lower than the Mid Sussex district average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Crawley Down’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Crawley Down ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Green Lane. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.