Crime in Burgess Hill
Recorded crime in Burgess Hill is 1.1 times the Mid Sussex average and 0.6 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 14%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Burgess Hill: about 26,529 residents in 22 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 7/10Low crime
- Living
- 7.2/10Good
- 5-year change
- +14%more crimes
- vs the council
- 1.1×the Mid Sussex average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Burgess Hill.
Crime over 5 years
Up 14% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Burgess Hill, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 1.1× the Mid Sussex average (0.6× the England and Wales average). 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 66% of the harm here
- Burglary: 12% of the harm here
- Other theft: 5% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 66% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 17 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Mid Sussex (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Mid Sussex council area, not only Burgess Hill. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 132 | 0.82 | Down 18% |
| Cars broken into | 187 | 1.2 | Down 11% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 576 | 3.6 | Down 11% |
| Burglary of homes | 151 | 0.93 | Up 18% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 1 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in RH15
In RH15, the postcode district at the centre of Burgess Hill, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 800 | 6% | 7% | 56% | 22% | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 235 | 3% | 6% | 19% | 66% | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 215 | 13% | 2% | 17% | 63% | 5% |
| Public order | 205 | 6% | 3% | 31% | 52% | 8% |
| Other theft | 146 | 8% | 2% | 14% | 68% | 8% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 114 | 3% | 0% | 4% | 86% | 8% |
| Burglary | 104 | 3% | 1% | 11% | 66% | 19% |
| Other crime | 61 | 10% | 0% | 48% | 33% | 10% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 9% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Mid Sussex, 2023 to 2025: 276 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 73 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 8 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 26% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.4 |
| Burglary | 2.4 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 20.2 |
| Drugs | 1.2 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.7 |
| Other crime | 1.1 |
| Other theft | 4.3 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.6 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 2.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 7.6 |
| Public order | 5.8 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.9 |
| Shoplifting | 5.8 |
Postcode districts in Burgess Hill
Nearby towns
Council: Mid Sussex
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Questions about crime in Burgess Hill
- Is Burgess Hill a safe place to live?
- Burgess Hill scores 7 out of 10 for safety (low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 1.1 times the Mid Sussex average.
- Is crime going up or down in Burgess Hill?
- Up 14% over 5 years, from 1,345 recorded crimes a year to 1,530.
- What is the most common crime in Burgess Hill?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 20 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Burgess Hill compare with Mid Sussex?
- Crime severity in Burgess Hill is 1.1 times the Mid Sussex average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Burgess Hill?
- In RH15, the postcode district at the centre of Burgess Hill, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 45% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Burgess Hill?
- Of 104 burglaries reported in RH15, the postcode district at the centre of Burgess Hill between September 2024 and August 2025, 3% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 66% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Burgess Hill?
- In Mid Sussex, the council area Burgess Hill is in, the police recorded 132 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.8 per 1,000 residents, down 18% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Burgess Hill?
- 576 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Mid Sussex, the council area Burgess Hill is in, 3.6 per 1,000 residents, 0.7 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Burgess Hill last year?
- 1 homicide (murder or manslaughter) was recorded in 2025/26, in Mid Sussex, the council area Burgess Hill is in, against 2 the year before. Police data does not say where in the area they happened.