Total Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dale Close area has the lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Colgate & Rusper , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 422 local areas in Horsham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dale Close (RH12 4JD) in the last 12 months was 3.3 per 1,000 residents and was 95.4% lower than the Colgate & Rusper average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dale Close (RH12 4JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Canberra Place, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melbourne Way (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Colgate & Rusper| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Innes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canberra Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Barn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Barn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hollies | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laughton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quarry Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quarry Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Haven Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morrell Avenue | Under investigation |
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