Total Crime Rate

338.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 338.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 200.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 52.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Burglary 26.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brighton Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty , and the 5th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Mid Sussex .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brighton Road (BN6 9EE) in the last 12 months was 338.5 per 1,000 residents and was 790.4% higher than the Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty average (38.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (BN6 9EE), the main crime hotspot is near Brighton Road. Police recorded 2 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brighton Road area

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Data Sources

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