Crime Rate in Northgate & West Green, ward

Northgate & West Green has the 3rd highest crime rate of 13 wards in Crawley district and the 495th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 61st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Northgate & West Green in the last 12 months was 165.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% higher than the Crawley district average (132.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Northgate & West Green’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 669 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 21 cases , up 10.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 38.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 883 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Northgate & West Green ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 158 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Orchard Street (65 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.