Crime Rates at Vicarage Close, Colgate, Horsham, RH12 4BB

Vicarage Close area has the highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Colgate & Rusper , and the 7th highest crime rate of 420 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 Vicarage Close (RH12 4BB) in the last 12 months was 269.5 per 1,000 residents and was 261.6% higher than the Colgate & Rusper average (74.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 115.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Close (RH12 4BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springfield Lane, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackhouse Road (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.