Total Crime Rate
123.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middle Way 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 Middle Way (RH15 8EA) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Middle Way (RH15 8EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Road, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cyprus Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstonbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstonbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cyprus Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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