Total Crime Rate

50.3 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 50.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Blunts Wood Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Burgess Hill Dunstall , and the 175th 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 Blunts Wood Road (RH16 1NB) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% higher than the Burgess Hill Dunstall average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 82.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blunts Wood Road (RH16 1NB), the main crime hotspot is near Quarry Hill. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blunts Wood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosemary Close —
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Data Sources

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