Total Crime Rate

247.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 247.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.2 10/10
  • Public order 25.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dobson Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Ifield , and the 27th 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 Dobson Road (RH11 7UQ) in the last 12 months was 247.3 per 1,000 residents and was 155.9% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 132.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dobson Road (RH11 7UQ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 272 crimes here, including 204 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dobson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Short Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Short Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tushmore Crescent
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dobson Road
Sep 2025Public order Canberra Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Depot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivanhoe Close
Sep 2025Other crime Hollin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ivanhoe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vivienne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vivienne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vivienne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ivanhoe Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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