Total Crime Rate
97.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hedgeside area has the 24th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Bewbush & North Broadfield , and the 105th 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 Hedgeside (RH11 9QG) in the last 12 months was 97.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 7.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hedgeside (RH11 9QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regents Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillingdale (12 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 | Southbrook | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ranmore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highwood Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcourt | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcourt | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcourt | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillingdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treeview | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Iveagh Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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