Crime Rate in Southwater South & Shipley, ward

Southwater South & Shipley has the 5th lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Horsham district and the 982nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 133rd lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Southwater South & Shipley in the last 12 months was 33.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% lower than the Horsham district average (57.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Southwater South & Shipley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 111 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 140 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Southwater South & Shipley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 25 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around West Chiltington Lane (11 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.