Total Crime Rate

91.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.7 7/10
  • Drugs 20.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.5 3/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nightingales Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Forest , and the 53rd 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 Nightingales Close (RH13 5LB) in the last 12 months was 91.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.6% higher than the Forest average (49.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingales Close (RH13 5LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laurel Walk, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mills Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingales Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highworth Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mills Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Croft Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laurel Walk —
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Data Sources

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