Total Crime Rate
111.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whalebone Wood Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill , and the 58th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Mid Sussex .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whalebone Wood Road (RH11 9GE) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 229.2% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whalebone Wood Road (RH11 9GE), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Close. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Handcross & Pease Pottage| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Old Brighton Road (South) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linnell Close | Under investigation |
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