Total Crime Rate
6.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Staples Barn area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 420 local areas in Horsham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Staples Barn (BN5 9PP) in the last 12 months was 6.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.3% lower than the Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote average (30.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Staples Barn (BN5 9PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fletcher Way, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newman Walk (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Henfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fletcher Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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