Total Crime Rate

70.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Town area has the 16th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill , and the 120th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Town (RH10 3LX) in the last 12 months was 70.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Town (RH10 3LX), the main crime hotspot is near The Green. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill

Crime Over Time in New Town area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bramble Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Copthorne Common Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knowle Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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