Total Crime Rate

148.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 148.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.4 9/10
  • Public order 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Heath Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Haywards Heath Ashenground , and the 40th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heath Road (RH16 3AX) in the last 12 months was 148.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% higher than the Haywards Heath Ashenground average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -59.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 71.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heath Road (RH16 3AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Road, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B2272 (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heath Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Drugs South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hazelgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2272 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Trevelyan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2272 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2272 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2272 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2272 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perrymount Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2272 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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