Crime recorded in Alfold Crossways, and why it isn’t graded
On crimes police recorded inside Alfold Crossways’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it has no Safety Grade. Below 1,000 residents, a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way, so Alfold Crossways, with fewer, has no Safety Grade. In a usual year, 21.9 violent and sexual offences and 15.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants.
Violent crime
21.9
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
15.3
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
21.2
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
10.6
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences37.6
Anti-social behaviour12.9
Shoplifting9.4
Other theft4.7
Criminal damage & arson3.5
Public order3.5
Burglary3.5
Drugs2.4
Vehicle crime2.4
Other crime2.4
Theft from the person2.4
Possession of weapons1.2
Bicycle theft0
Robbery0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, Alfold Crossways runs highest on anti-social behaviour (12.9 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (37.6 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
32
37.6
16.6
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
11
12.9
5.3
Shoplifting
not graded
8
9.4
0
Other theft
not graded
4
4.7
2.5
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
3
3.5
3.2
Public order
not graded
3
3.5
2.4
Burglary
Home & vehicle
3
3.5
1.6
Drugs
not graded
2
2.4
0.6
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
2
2.4
1.5
Other crime
not graded
2
2.4
1.1
Theft from the person
not graded
2
2.4
0
Possession of weapons
Violent
1
1.2
0
Bicycle theft
not graded
0
0
0
Robbery
Violent
0
0
0
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
8
homes & vehicles
14
shoplifting & theft
64
of the three, per 1,000
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 16 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
33 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 15 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Alfold CrosswaysUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
Alfold CrosswaysUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month).
Alfold Crossways records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Loxwood, 2 miles away, records 15.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Alfold Crossways’s 21.9.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
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Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Alfold Crossways sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Alfold Crossways
Is Alfold Crossways safe?
Police recorded 21.9 violent and sexual offences and 15.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Alfold Crossways’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Alfold Crossways?
Police recorded 33 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 15 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Alfold Crossways?
Violence & sexual offences: 32 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (8) and other theft (4), with 11 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Alfold Crossways compare with Horsham?
Horsham records 25.6 violent and sexual offences and 10.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Alfold Crossways’s 21.9 and 15.3, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0