Total Crime Rate

131.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 131.4 8/10
  • Other theft 38.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 17.0 6/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cobb Cottages area has the 7th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill , and the 53rd 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 Cobb Cottages (RH17 6TH) in the last 12 months was 131.4 per 1,000 residents and was 237.3% higher than the Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cobb Cottages (RH17 6TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oaklands (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill

Crime Over Time in Cobb Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gowers Close —
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Data Sources

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