Total Crime Rate
428.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
261.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cantelupe Road area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in East Grinstead Ashplats , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 450 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 Cantelupe Road (RH19 3BL) in the last 12 months was 428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1186.2% higher than the East Grinstead Ashplats average (33.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 261.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cantelupe Road (RH19 3BL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rices Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judge'S Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rices Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rices Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rices Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rices Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranston Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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