Postcode · Hassocks
Crime in BN6 9TH
How much crime is recorded in BN6 9TH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
- Council
- Mid Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,810 (2024)
BN6 9THHassocks
How safe is BN6 9TH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN6 9TH area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
BN6 9THNational
Burglary26.39.1
Violence and sexual offences15.323.6
Anti-social behaviour15.210.7
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Drugs2.22.4
Public order1.84.6
Other crime1.31.5
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other theft0.74.5
Shoplifting0.68.4
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 30% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.