Total Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Potters Place area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Denne , and the 34th lowest crime rate of 420 local areas in Horsham .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Potters Place (RH12 2PL) in the last 12 months was 7.1 per 1,000 residents and was 96.2% lower than the Denne average (188.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 165.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Potters Place (RH12 2PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Black Horse Way, where police recorded 228 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carfax (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horsham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Horse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hewells Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hewells Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hewells Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Horse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Horse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Black Horse Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Horse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kings Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Horsham Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewells Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Horse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Black Horse Way | — |
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