Total Crime Rate

58.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 58.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.9 4/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Oakwood Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Burgess Hill Franklands , and the 147th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oakwood Road (RH15 0HZ) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% higher than the Burgess Hill Franklands average (52.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oakwood Road (RH15 0HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Keymer Parade. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Burgess Hill Franklands

Crime Over Time in Oakwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Oakwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silverdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silverdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avonhurst Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silverdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silverdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silverdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doubledays Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Doubledays Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doubledays Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keymer Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Silverdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keymer Parade
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keymer Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keymer Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keymer Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silverdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keymer Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Keymer Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Keymer Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Parade Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.