Total Crime Rate

80.0 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 80.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Tower Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in East Grinstead Ashplats , and the 100th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Close (RH19 3RT) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 123.9% higher than the East Grinstead Ashplats average (35.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Close (RH19 3RT), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Michaels Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Moat Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A22 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Garland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fosters Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlwoods Business Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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