Postcode · Haywards Heath
Crime in RH16 4RY
How much crime is recorded in RH16 4RY, 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
- 2,419 (2024)
RH16 4RYHaywards Heath
How safe is RH16 4RY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 23.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH16 4RY area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
23.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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 4RYNational
Anti-social behaviour20.210.7
Violence and sexual offences19.823.6
Burglary8.69.1
Public order3.54.6
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Other theft2.84.5
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Shoplifting0.38.4
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 113% 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.