Crime Statistics for Fernhill, Crawley, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 142 street level crime incidents in Fernhill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Possession Of Weapons, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Possession Of Weapons	27
Vehicle Crime	24
Other Theft	21
Violent Crime	19
Shoplifting	16
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Public Order	5
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Theft From The Person	4
Drugs	3
Burglary	3
Robbery	1
All Crime	142

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 Fernhill. 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 Fernhill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Horley (1.75 miles)	194
Fernhill	142
Tinsley Green (1.75 miles)	135
Black Corner (1.39 miles)	92
Hookwood (2.55 miles)	74
Shipley Bridge (0.62 miles)	68
Copthorne (1.39 miles)	42
Weatherhill (1.39 miles)	27
Domewood (2.55 miles)	12
Horne (2.63 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Fernhill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Horley	52
Tinsley Green	40
Black Corner	25
Shipley Bridge	21
Fernhill	19
Copthorne	17
Weatherhill	11
Hookwood	10
Horne	6
Domewood	0

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

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 Fernhill 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 Fernhill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fernhill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Fernhill is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Northgate & West Green	66
2	Charlwood	48
3	Furnace Green	46
4	Langley Green & Tushmore	44
5	Horley Central & South	43
6	Pound Hill North & Forge Wood	42
7	Pound Hill South & Worth	36
8	Felbridge	36
9	Copthorne and Worth	33
10	Maidenbower	21
11	Crawley Down and Turners Hill	14

Which road in Fernhill has the highest level of crime?

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