Total Crime Rate

90.6 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 90.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Priory Mews area has the 10th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Haywards Heath Ashenground , and the 90th 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 Priory Mews (RH16 4TZ) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Mews (RH16 4TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B2272, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caxton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petlands Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Swainsthorpe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swainsthorpe Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colwell Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Edmund'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B2272
Sep 2025Public order B2272 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hazelgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruce Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2272 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2272 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2272 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order B2272 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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