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Mid Sussex crime statistics

Published street-level crime across the whole Mid Sussex local authority, using ONS geography and resident population estimates.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: Mid Sussex local authority (2023 boundary).

Counts cover published, geographically assignable Police.uk street-level records. Anti-social behaviour is shown separately and excluded from crime rates. British Transport Police records are included when published; missing force submissions are identified. Boundary source.

July 2026643published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour303separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents44.4Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

Mid Sussex: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 643 crime records and 303 anti-social behaviour records for Mid Sussex local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 7,270.

The resident population used is 163,566, from ONS mid-2025 estimates on the same local-authority geography. Dividing the annual territorial-force crime count (excluding British Transport Police and ASB) by this population gives 44.4 crimes per 1,000 residents. This is a reporting rate, not the probability that a resident will experience crime. Visitors, commuters and nightlife can affect busy areas. Population source.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 2026643303Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2026650288Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2026665284Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2026639232Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2026641188Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 2026528148Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 2026578135Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 2025594130Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 2025622158Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 2025605168Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 2025548207Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 2025557191Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 2025698248Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2025668184Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2025638191Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2025658157Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2025678152Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202560999Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 2025627109Territorial submission present
December 202461588Territorial submission present
November 202460990Territorial submission present
October 2024714111Territorial submission present
September 2024664122Territorial submission present
August 2024619129Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by -5.7% compared with the preceding 12 months (7,707 → 7,270). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Anti-social behaviour30332.0%
Violence and sexual offences25426.8%
Public order859.0%
Criminal damage and arson737.7%
Other theft565.9%
Shoplifting373.9%
Drugs343.6%
Vehicle crime313.3%
Burglary262.7%
Other crime171.8%
Possession of weapons111.2%
Robbery91.0%
Bicycle theft50.5%
Theft from the person50.5%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Investigation complete; no suspect identified26340.9%
Under investigation23436.4%
Unable to prosecute suspect12118.8%
Awaiting court outcome132.0%
Local resolution81.2%
Action to be taken by another organisation20.3%
Offender given a caution10.2%
Further investigation is not in the public interest10.2%

Compare nearby local authorities

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
Crawley13,293106.8
Lewes5,66155.1
Horsham6,57743.3
Brighton and Hove27,86998.1
Adur3,35951.8

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Sussex Police is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: Balcombe, Handcross, Pease Pottage, Ansty, Staplefield and Cuckfield. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (6)
  • Steve Turner (District Commander) — Chief Inspector
  • Anthony Bentham — Sergeant
  • Anthony Bentham — Sergeant
  • Ben Fahey — Inspector
  • Emma Davies — PCSO
  • Alya Mear — PCSO

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.