Total Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pond Wood Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Pound Hill North & Forge Wood , and the 122nd lowest crime rate of 367 local areas in Crawley .
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 Pond Wood Road (RH10 1RR) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% lower than the Pound Hill North & Forge Wood average (79.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pond Wood Road (RH10 1RR), the main crime hotspot is near Hazelwick Avenue. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Crawley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelwick Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rye Ash | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hazelwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hazelwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hazelwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hazelwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazelwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazelwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Woolborough Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazelwick Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwick Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwick Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwick Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rye Ash | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tinsley Lane South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermits Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tinsley Lane South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cloverlands | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pond Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baird Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwick Avenue | Under investigation |
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