Total Crime Rate
104.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Icarus Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Burgess Hill Franklands , and the 65th 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 Icarus Avenue (RH15 0UW) in the last 12 months was 104.6 per 1,000 residents and was 112.3% higher than the Burgess Hill Franklands average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Icarus Avenue (RH15 0UW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aphrodite Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonnet Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pegasus Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Rise | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Rise | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beacon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhea Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Icarus Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Icarus Avenue | β |
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