Crime Rate in Southgate, ward

Southgate has the 7th lowest crime rate of 13 wards in Crawley district and the 2122nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 266th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Southgate in the last 12 months was 91.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.4% lower than the Crawley district average (132.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Southgate’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 386 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 52.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 509 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Southgate ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Bank Terrace. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.