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Postcode · Haywards Heath

Crime in RH16 4RT

How much crime is recorded in RH16 4RT, 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
1,482 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RH16 4RT

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH16 4RT 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
18.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

RH16 4RTNational
Violence and sexual offences15.523.6
Anti-social behaviour6.910.7
Public order4.94.6
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Other theft2.04.5
Burglary1.59.1
Drugs1.02.4
Other crime0.71.5
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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