Total Crime Rate

60.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 60.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 23.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ash Tree Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill , and the 137th highest crime rate of 450 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 Ash Tree Street (RH10 4AU) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ash Tree Street (RH10 4AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chestnut Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodlands Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ash Tree Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bramble Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Close

Data Sources

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