Crime Statistics for Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, West Sussex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Broadbridge Heath in August 2024. There were a total of 108 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Broadbridge Heath, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	28
Vehicle Crime	28
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Burglary	12
Other Theft	8
Theft From The Person	8
All Crime	108

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Broadbridge Heath. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Broadbridge Heath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Horsham (1.86 miles)	348
The Common (1.24 miles)	222
Broadbridge Heath	54
Tower Hill (1.76 miles)	42
Two Mile Ash (2.49 miles)	20
Itchingfield (1.96 miles)	11
Rapkyns (0.62 miles)	10
Warnham (1.39 miles)	6
Park Street (1.86 miles)	2
Rowhook (2.24 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Broadbridge Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Horsham	125
The Common	65
Broadbridge Heath	28
Tower Hill	15
Two Mile Ash	11
Itchingfield	5
Rapkyns	3
Warnham	2
Park Street	1
Rowhook	0

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

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 Broadbridge Heath 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 Broadbridge Heath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broadbridge Heath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Broadbridge Heath is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Denne	40
2	Roffey North	34
3	Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham	30
4	Roffey South	28
5	Broadbridge Heath	28
6	Forest	25
7	Trafalgar	25
8	Billingshurst	21
9	Southwater North	14
10	Holbrook West	14
11	Holbrook East	9

Which road in Broadbridge Heath has the highest level of crime?

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