Crime Rates at Staplefield Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EB

Staplefield Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill , and the 138th highest crime rate of 450 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 Staplefield Road (RH17 6EB) in the last 12 months was 60.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% higher than the Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill average (33.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Staplefield Road (RH17 6EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walters Mews, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brighton Road (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.