Crime Rate in Burgess Hill Leylands, ward

Burgess Hill Leylands has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 wards in Mid Sussex district and the 3198th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 445th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Burgess Hill Leylands in the last 12 months was 72.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% higher than the Mid Sussex district average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Burgess Hill Leylands’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 136 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Burgess Hill Leylands ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 71 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Freek'S Lane (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.