Total Crime Rate
32.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hazelwood area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Bewbush & North Broadfield , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 367 local areas in Crawley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hazelwood (RH11 8DY) in the last 12 months was 32.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% lower than the Bewbush & North Broadfield average (98.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hazelwood (RH11 8DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunsfold Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rickfield (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crawley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dower Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunsfold Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gossops Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oatlands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cob Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dairyfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gossops Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dower Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gossops Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gossops Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dormans | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddockhurst Road | — |
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