Postcode · Haywards Heath
Crime in RH16 3AT
How much crime is recorded in RH16 3AT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Haywards Heath South & Cuckfield
- Council
- Mid Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,315 (2024)
RH16 3ATHaywards Heath
How safe is RH16 3AT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH16 3AT area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
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).
RH16 3ATNational
Violence and sexual offences14.123.6
Anti-social behaviour9.810.7
Burglary6.79.1
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Public order1.94.6
Criminal damage and arson1.64.7
Other theft1.54.5
Shoplifting0.68.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Other crime0.31.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 49% 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.