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Crime in RH12 2

How much crime is recorded in RH12 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Horsham
Region
South East
Population
13,630 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RH12 2

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 27.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in RH12 2, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
27.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
90
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

RH12 2National
Anti-social behaviour25.410.7
Violence and sexual offences23.123.6
Shoplifting16.58.4
Burglary8.29.1
Criminal damage and arson7.24.7
Public order5.34.6
Other theft4.34.5
Drugs1.92.4
Robbery1.51.4
Bicycle theft1.41.0
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Theft from the person1.02.1
Other crime0.61.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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