Crime Rate in Hassocks, ward

Hassocks has the 13th highest crime rate of 27 wards in Mid Sussex district and the 2736th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 521st lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hassocks in the last 12 months was 51.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% lower than the Mid Sussex district average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hassocks’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 106 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 Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -73.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 151 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hassocks ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Brighton Road, with 81 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Brook Avenue (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.