Postcode · Henfield
Crime in BN5 9AY
How much crime is recorded in BN5 9AY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cowfold & Partridge Green
- Council
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,553 (2024)
BN5 9AYHenfield
How safe is BN5 9AY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN5 9AY area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
BN5 9AYNational
Burglary17.29.1
Violence and sexual offences12.623.6
Anti-social behaviour4.410.7
Other theft3.74.5
Public order2.14.6
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Drugs1.42.4
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 64% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.