Total Crime Rate
89.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Comptons Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Denne , and the 44th highest crime rate of 420 local areas in Horsham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Comptons Lane (RH13 5NL) in the last 12 months was 89.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% lower than the Denne average (188.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Comptons Lane (RH13 5NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bennetts Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightingales Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horsham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laurel Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingales Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingales Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingales Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingales Close | Under investigation |
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