Total Crime Rate

196.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 196.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 73.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.9 9/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

St James Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in East Grinstead Ashplats , and the 21st 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 St James Road (RH19 1DB) in the last 12 months was 196.9 per 1,000 residents and was 451.1% higher than the East Grinstead Ashplats average (35.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Road (RH19 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St James Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A22 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Garland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fosters Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Grinstead —
Sep 2025Burglary Moat Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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