Total Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Town Mead area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Ifield , and the 30th 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 Town Mead (RH11 7EG) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% lower than the Ifield average (77.5 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. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Town Mead (RH11 7EG), the main crime hotspot is near Orchard Street. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 107 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northgate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Northgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Northgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
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