Total Crime Rate
123.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Burgess Hill Franklands , and the 45th 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 Mill Road (RH15 8DZ) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 149.8% higher than the Burgess Hill Franklands average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Road (RH15 8DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Keymer Parade. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keymer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keymer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keymer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cyprus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cyprus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonhurst | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstonbury Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
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