Crime Rate in Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South, ward

Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 wards in Mid Sussex district and the 3462nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 607th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% lower than the Mid Sussex district average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Turner'S Hill Road, with 36 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wray Close (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.