Total Crime Rate
262.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Worth Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Pound Hill North & Forge Wood , and the 26th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Crawley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Worth Road (RH10 7DS) in the last 12 months was 262.5 per 1,000 residents and was 207.2% 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 Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worth Road (RH10 7DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hastings Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pound Hill North & Forge Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maunsell Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arundel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Belloc Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maunsell Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maunsell Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Browning Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Worth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Worth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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