Overview of Mid Sussex crime rate
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Mid Sussex is characterized by its low crime rating, positioned 23rd among 25 local administrative areas. The year 2023 saw 9,373 criminal incidents, setting the crime rate at 61.44 per 1,000 residents for its population of 152,566. Notably, this represents a 16.74% increase in the crime rate from the previous year.
Leading crime types in Mid Sussex include Violence and sexual offences (33.4%), Anti-social behaviour (15.1%), and Criminal damage and arson (10.5%), with less frequent occurrences of Bicycle theft (1.0%), Theft from the person (0.6%), and Robbery (0.6%).
The district’s 26 wards show Burgess Hill Meeds (152.2), East Grinstead Town (130.5), and Haywards Heath Heath (105.3) as having the highest crime rates, while Lindfield (29.7), Ashurst Wood (27.5), and East Grinstead Herontye (22.9) are noted as the safest.
In Mid Sussex, there was an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 7.51% in 2020, Shoplifting by 3.19% in 2023, and Violence and sexual offences by 1.73% in 2020 and 1.87% in 2023. Conversely, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 1.71% in 2021 and by 10.25% in 2022, and Violence and sexual offences by 1.53% in 2021.
Mid Sussex crime incidents by crime type
A total of 9373 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.
- Violence and sexual offences – 3131 (33.4)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 1418 (15.1)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 985 (10.5)%
- Public order – 893 (9.5)%
- Shoplifting – 852 (9.1)%
- Other theft – 667 (7.1)%
- Vehicle crime – 389 (4.2)%
- Burglary – 371 (4.0)%
- Drugs – 213 (2.3)%
- Other crime – 157 (1.7)%
- Possession of weapons – 98 (1.0)%
- Bicycle theft – 91 (1.0)%
- Theft from the person – 55 (0.6)%
- Robbery – 53 (0.6)%
How does Mid Sussex compare against nearby areas ?
Mid Sussex ranks 23rd when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
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Crime rates in Mid Sussex wards
There are 26 wards within Mid Sussex. Burgess Hill Meeds, East Grinstead Town, Haywards Heath Heath has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
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List of all 26 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Burgess Hill Meeds (152.2)
- East Grinstead Town (130.5)
- Haywards Heath Heath (105.3)
- Burgess Hill St Andrews (99.6)
- Burgess Hill Leylands (73.1)
- Copthorne and Worth (69.5)
- Hurstpierpoint and Downs (68.3)
- Ardingly and Balcombe (66.8)
- Bolney (65.5)
- East Grinstead Ashplats (63.7)
- Haywards Heath Ashenground (58.9)
- Haywards Heath Bentswood (55.9)
- Burgess Hill Victoria (55.4)
- Haywards Heath Franklands (55.3)
- Hassocks (53.1)
- Burgess Hill Dunstall (49.6)
- Cuckfield (47.9)
- Haywards Heath Lucastes (46.4)
- East Grinstead Baldwins (45.3)
- High Weald (41.7)
- Crawley Down and Turners Hill (40.6)
- East Grinstead Imberhorne (36.8)
- Burgess Hill Franklands (33.1)
- Lindfield (29.7)
- Ashurst Wood (27.5)
- East Grinstead Herontye (22.9)
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Crime rates in postcode districts under Mid Sussex
There are 13 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Mid Sussex. Highest crime rates in BN45, BN1, RH10 .
- BN45 – 212.8
- BN1 – 174.6
- RH10 – 114.2
- RH11 – 107.5
- RH15 – 73.7
- RH18 – 60.6
- BN5 – 58.3
- BN6 – 56.7
- RH19 – 56.0
- RH16 – 55.4
- RH17 – 51.0
- RH13 – 45.0
- BN8 – 39.2
Postcode districts in Mid Sussex
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