Crime Statistics for Rusper, Horsham, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Rusper, Horsham

There were a total of 7 street level crime incidents in Rusper in January 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 Rusper, 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 Crime3
Burglary2
Criminal Damage Arson1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime7

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 Rusper. 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 Rusper

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ifield (3.1 miles)270
Bewbush (2.77 miles)190
Lambs Green (0.88 miles)9
Mole (1.24 miles)8
Faygate (1.96 miles)7
Capel (2.63 miles)7
Rusper7
Cudworth (2.56 miles)5
Clark’s Green (2.24 miles)4
Russ Hill (2.63 miles)4

8.77%
of Capel, Leigh and Newdigate residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Rusper?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ifield97
Bewbush70
Mole7
Lambs Green5
Rusper3
Faygate2
Cudworth2
Russ Hill2
Capel1
Clark’s Green1

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

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 Rusper 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 Rusper compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rusper and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Rusper is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Bewbush & North Broadfield57
2Gossops Green & North East Broadfield56
3Ifield47
4Okewood38
5Roffey North34
6Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham30
7Capel, Leigh and Newdigate29
8Roffey South28
9Colgate & Rusper28
10Holbrook West14
11Holbrook East9

Which road in Rusper has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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