Total Crime Rate
115.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hare Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Ifield , and the 86th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Crawley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hare Lane (RH11 7PW) in the last 12 months was 115.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% higher than the Ifield average (96.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 185.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 127.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hare Lane (RH11 7PW), the main crime hotspot is near Rushetts Place. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ifield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitchet Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Binstead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fox Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fox Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Squirrel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hare Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ifield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushetts Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rushetts Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walnut Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rushetts Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Colgate Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestrel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestrel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Close | — |
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