Crime Statistics for Crawley, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 579 street level crime incidents in Crawley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Crawley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	199
Shoplifting	123
Anti Social Behaviour	72
Public Order	55
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Other Theft	26
Drugs	21
Burglary	17
Vehicle Crime	11
Theft From The Person	10
Robbery	6
Other Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Bicycle Theft	3
All Crime	579

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Crawley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Crawley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Crawley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Crawley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Southgate (0.62 miles)	662
Crawley	579
Manor Royal (1.39 miles)	429
Langley Green (1.39 miles)	429
Tilgate (0.62 miles)	325
Gossops Green (1.24 miles)	317
Ifield (1.39 miles)	270
Broadfield (1.75 miles)	205
Furnace Green (0.88 miles)	141
Maidenbower (1.39 miles)	53

Where are the most violent places near Crawley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Crawley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Southgate	222
Crawley	199
Manor Royal	135
Langley Green	135
Gossops Green	120
Tilgate	111
Ifield	97
Broadfield	67
Furnace Green	56
Maidenbower	19

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Crawley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Crawley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Crawley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Crawley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Crawley have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Maidenbower.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southgate	69
2	Northgate & West Green	66
3	Tilgate	65
4	Three Bridges	59
5	Gossops Green & North East Broadfield	56
6	Ifield	47
7	Furnace Green	46
8	Langley Green & Tushmore	44
9	Pound Hill North & Forge Wood	42
10	Pound Hill South & Worth	36
11	Maidenbower	21

Which road in Crawley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Crawley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.