Crime Rates at Market Square, Horsham, RH12 1EU

Market Square area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Denne , and the highest crime rate of 422 local areas in Horsham .

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 Market Square (RH12 1EU) in the last 12 months was 1670.1 per 1,000 residents and was 747.1% higher than the Denne average (197.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 271 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -32.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 221 (≈ 452.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Square (RH12 1EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 281 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carfax (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.