Crime Statistics for Ardingly, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Ardingly, Mid Sussex

There were a total of 8 street level crime incidents in Ardingly in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ardingly, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime5
Burglary2
Other Theft1
All Crime8

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ardingly. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ardingly

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ardingly and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ardingly has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Brook Street (3.1 miles)15
Ardingly8
Highbrook (1.39 miles)5
Balcombe (1.96 miles)4
Balcombe Lane (2.63 miles)4
Sharpthorne (2.63 miles)3
Ardingly Reservoir (0.86 miles)2
Birchgrove (3.72 miles)2
Cinder Hill (1.86 miles)1
Horsted Keynes (2.56 miles)1

11.65%
of Ardingly and Balcombe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ardingly?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ardingly and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Ardingly5
Highbrook4
Brook Street3
Balcombe Lane1
Sharpthorne1
Birchgrove1
Balcombe0
Ardingly Reservoir0
Cinder Hill0
Horsted Keynes0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ardingly?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ardingly to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ardingly compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ardingly and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Ardingly have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Lindfield.

#WardScore
1Ardingly and Balcombe29
2Haywards Heath Bentswood28
3Haywards Heath Ashenground27
4Maidenbower21
5Wivelsfield19
6High Weald18
7East Grinstead Herontye16
8Haywards Heath Lucastes12
9Haywards Heath Franklands10
10Haywards Heath Heath10
11Lindfield5

Which road in Ardingly has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ardingly with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Parish Lane.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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