Postcode district · Billingshurst
Crime in RH14
How much crime is recorded in RH14, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 30,444 (2024)
RH14Postcode district · Billingshurst
How safe is RH14
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in RH14, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
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).
RH14National
Violence and sexual offences12.123.6
Anti-social behaviour7.010.7
Burglary5.89.1
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft2.64.5
Public order2.54.6
Shoplifting1.98.4
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.32.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.