Total Crime Rate

89.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Balcombe Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Pound Hill North & Forge Wood , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Crawley .

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 Balcombe Road (RH10 3NJ) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher than the Pound Hill North & Forge Wood average (85.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1257.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balcombe Road (RH10 3NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beryl Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jade Way (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Balcombe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tulip Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tulip Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beryl Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beryl Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge Wood Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jade Way —
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Data Sources

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