Total Crime Rate

70.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Horsham Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 206th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horsham Road (BN17 6BT) in the last 12 months was 70.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% higher than the Beach average (61.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 280.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horsham Road (BN17 6BT), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Horsham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falkland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmgrove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Flora'S Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Flora'S Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Flora'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B2187 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gosden Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falkland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Parkside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Norman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elmgrove Road —
Sep 2025Public order Elmgrove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elmgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falkland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Falkland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Falkland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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