Total Crime Rate
138.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Copthorne Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill , and the 37th 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 Copthorne Road (RH10 3PD) in the last 12 months was 138.6 per 1,000 residents and was 309.2% higher than the Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill average (33.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Copthorne Road (RH10 3PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Worsell Drive, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Copthorne & Worth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copthorne Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copthorne Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Copthorne Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worsell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worsell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Worsell Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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