Crime Statistics for Heath Common, Horsham, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Heath Common in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Heath Common, 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	2
Burglary	2
Public Order	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	6

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 Heath Common. 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 Heath Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Storrington (1.86 miles)	28
Abingworth (1.39 miles)	13
Cootham (2.48 miles)	11
Thakeham (1.96 miles)	7
Warminghurst (1.24 miles)	7
Ashington (1.75 miles)	6
Heath Common	6
Nutbourne Common (3.51 miles)	3
Washington (1.39 miles)	2
Hole Street (1.86 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Heath Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Storrington	11
Abingworth	6
Cootham	5
Thakeham	3
Warminghurst	3
Ashington	3
Heath Common	2
Nutbourne Common	1
Washington	0
Hole Street	0

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

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 Heath Common 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 Heath Common compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Gaisford	43
2	Northbrook	39
3	Peverel	32
4	Offington	27
5	Salvington	23
6	Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley	21
7	Steyning & Ashurst	21
8	Durrington	20
9	Storrington & Washington	18
10	Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote	13
11	West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington	12

Which road in Heath Common has the highest level of crime?

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