Total Crime Rate

55.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 55.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 16th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Haywards Heath Ashenground , and the 158th highest crime rate of 454 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 Lucastes Road (RH16 1JP) in the last 12 months was 55.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% lower than the Haywards Heath Ashenground average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 126.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lucastes Road (RH16 1JP), 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucastes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lucas Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bolnore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kleinwort Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knight Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knight Close —
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Data Sources

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