Crime Rate in Ifield, ward

Ifield has the 5th highest crime rate of 13 wards in Crawley district and the 1880th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 229th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ifield in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower than the Crawley district average (132.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ifield’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 342 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 190.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 464 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ifield ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 147 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Linchmere Place (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.