Total Crime Rate

96.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 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
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

Heasewood area has the 9th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Haywards Heath Ashenground , and the 80th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heasewood (RH16 4TJ) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 82.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heasewood (RH16 4TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pondside (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heasewood area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pondside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Trubwick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pondside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beechcroft
Sep 2025Public order Rushy Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trubwick Avenue

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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