Total Crime Rate
5.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chanctonbury Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Burgess Hill Franklands , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 450 local areas in Mid Sussex .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chanctonbury Road (RH15 9EX) in the last 12 months was 5.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.6% lower than the Burgess Hill Franklands average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chanctonbury Road (RH15 9EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keymer Parade (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keymer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolstonbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstonbury Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keymer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstonbury Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keymer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keymer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Church Road | Under investigation |
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