Crime Rate in East Grinstead Ashplats, ward

East Grinstead Ashplats has the 5th lowest crime rate of 27 wards in Mid Sussex district and the 1223rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 191st lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Grinstead Ashplats in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% lower than the Mid Sussex district average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Grinstead Ashplats’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 130 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Grinstead Ashplats ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Badgers Way. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.