Total Crime Rate
114.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Falmer Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Northgate & West Green , and the 80th highest crime rate of 367 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 Falmer Close (RH11 8GQ) in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% lower than the Northgate & West Green average (153.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Falmer Close (RH11 8GQ), the main crime hotspot is near Bank Terrace. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 45 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 | Public order | Hunter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ditchling Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakhaven | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakhaven | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ditchling Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bank Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sunningdale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningdale Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonefield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bank Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonefield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perryfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perryfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perryfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Perryfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bank Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
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