Crime Rate in Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds, ward

Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 wards in Mid Sussex district and the 1593rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 187th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% higher than the Mid Sussex district average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 179 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , down -46.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 266 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.