Crime Statistics for Southwater Street, Horsham, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Southwater Street, Horsham

There were a total of 24 street level crime incidents in Southwater Street in February 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 Southwater Street, 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 Crime11
Other Theft3
Vehicle Crime3
Anti Social Behaviour2
Other Crime2
Shoplifting2
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime24

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 Southwater Street. 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 Southwater Street

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

LocationCrime Incidents
The Common (2.56 miles)206
Tower Hill (1.39 miles)30
Southwater (0.62 miles)29
Southwater Street24
Two Mile Ash (0.62 miles)9
Itchingfield (1.39 miles)4
Barns Green (1.86 miles)4
Brooks Green (2.24 miles)1
Nuthurst (2.56 miles)0
Dragon’s Green (2.56 miles)0

7.79%
of Southwater South & Shipley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Southwater Street?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
The Common68
Tower Hill14
Southwater11
Southwater Street11
Two Mile Ash4
Itchingfield2
Barns Green2
Brooks Green1
Nuthurst0
Dragon’s Green0

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

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 Southwater Street 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 Southwater Street compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Southwater Street and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Southwater Street is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Denne40
2Roffey South28
3Broadbridge Heath28
4Forest25
5Trafalgar25
6Billingshurst21
7Nuthurst & Lower Beeding21
8Southwater South & Shipley17
9Southwater North14
10Holbrook West14
11Holbrook East9

Which road in Southwater Street has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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