Total Crime Rate
123.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in East Grinstead Ashplats , and the 44th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Mid Sussex .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (RH19 3DD) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 270.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 72.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (RH19 3DD), the main crime hotspot is near Little King Street. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little King Street | 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 | Little King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little King Street | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Rices Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rices Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rices Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judge'S Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cantelupe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cantelupe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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