Crime Statistics for Furnace Wood, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Furnace Wood, Mid Sussex

There were a total of 31 street level crime incidents in Furnace Wood in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Furnace Wood, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime16
Other Theft4
Public Order3
Shoplifting2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Robbery1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime31

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Furnace Wood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackwell (2.48 miles)155
Baldwins Hill (1.86 miles)126
Copthorne (2.48 miles)34
Furnace Wood31
Felbridge (0.62 miles)26
Crawley Down (1.39 miles)24
Felcourt (2.24 miles)14
Domewood (0.88 miles)13
Down Park (1.39 miles)12
Newchapel (1.96 miles)6

8.89%
of Crawley Down and Turners Hill residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Furnace Wood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackwell50
Baldwins Hill39
Copthorne18
Furnace Wood16
Felbridge10
Crawley Down9
Down Park7
Felcourt6
Domewood5
Newchapel2

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

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 Furnace Wood 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 Furnace Wood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Lingfield and Crowhurst80
2East Grinstead Town54
3East Grinstead Baldwins42
4Pound Hill North & Forge Wood42
5Dormansland and Felcourt36
6Felbridge36
7East Grinstead Ashplats35
8Copthorne and Worth33
9East Grinstead Imberhorne22
10East Grinstead Herontye16
11Crawley Down and Turners Hill14

Which road in Furnace Wood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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