Total Crime Rate

130.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.8 10/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lanercost Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Northgate & West Green , and the 73rd 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 Lanercost Road (RH11 8JN) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Northgate & West Green average (165.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lanercost Road (RH11 8JN), the main crime hotspot is near Hambleton Hill. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lanercost Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goffs Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goffs Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goffs Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goffs Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wolstonbury Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Perryfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perryfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Autumn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denne Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Newlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Keymer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lyndhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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