Total Crime Rate
269.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gander Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Burgess Hill Franklands , and the 6th 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 Gander Close (RH15 8SE) in the last 12 months was 269.7 per 1,000 residents and was 447.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gander Close (RH15 8SE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 13 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 | Leylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerfold Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Hawthorns | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Freek'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freek'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freek'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freek'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freek'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freek'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dumbrills Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leylands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blackstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackstone Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gander Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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