Total Crime Rate

33.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 33.6 3/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lucastes Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Burgess Hill Dunstall , and the 198th lowest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lucastes Road (RH16 1JN) in the last 12 months was 33.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% lower than the Burgess Hill Dunstall average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lucastes Road (RH16 1JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Knight Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Hurst Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lucastes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knight Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knight Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lucas Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucastes Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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