Postcode · Haywards Heath
Crime in RH17 5ER
How much crime is recorded in RH17 5ER, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Balcombe & Handcross
- Council
- Mid Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,688 (2024)
RH17 5ERHaywards Heath
How safe is RH17 5ER
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 13.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH17 5ER area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
13.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
22
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).
RH17 5ERNational
Violence and sexual offences10.923.6
Burglary6.49.1
Anti-social behaviour3.510.7
Other theft1.84.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Public order1.24.6
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Other crime0.61.5
Drugs0.12.4
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.