Total Crime Rate
247.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dobson 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.
View Crime In Ifield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tushmore Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dobson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Canberra Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Depot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivanhoe Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hollin Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ivanhoe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vivienne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vivienne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vivienne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ivanhoe Close | Under investigation |
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