Total Crime Rate

56.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Mayflower Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mayflower Road (RH16 3JT) in the last 12 months was 56.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath average (67.0 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 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mayflower Road (RH16 3JT), the main crime hotspot is near Bentswood Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mayflower Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swainsthorpe Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Swainsthorpe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New England Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Firlands —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bentswood Road —
Sep 2025Public order Bentswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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