Total Crime Rate
262.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oak Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Northgate & West Green , and the 26th highest crime rate of 367 local areas in Crawley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oak Road (RH11 8RJ) in the last 12 months was 262.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% higher than the Northgate & West Green average (153.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 27.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 103.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oak Road (RH11 8RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Terrace (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crawley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A2219 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2219 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A2219 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A2219 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A2219 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2219 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Perryfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perryfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
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