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

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Handcross in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Handcross, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	5
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	12

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Handcross

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Broadfield (3.17 miles)	205
Buchan Hill (2.56 miles)	40
Tilgate Forest Row (1.86 miles)	12
Handcross	12
Brook Street (3.1 miles)	11
Pease Pottage (1.96 miles)	7
Balcombe (3.16 miles)	4
Warninglid (1.96 miles)	1
Lower Beeding (2.77 miles)	0
Colgate (2.63 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Handcross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broadfield	67
Buchan Hill	15
Tilgate Forest Row	6
Handcross	5
Pease Pottage	3
Brook Street	1
Balcombe	1
Warninglid	0
Lower Beeding	0
Colgate	0

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

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 Handcross 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 Handcross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Handcross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Handcross is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southgate	69
2	Broadfield	66
3	Tilgate	65
4	Three Bridges	59
5	Bewbush & North Broadfield	57
6	Gossops Green & North East Broadfield	56
7	Furnace Green	46
8	Ardingly and Balcombe	29
9	Colgate & Rusper	28
10	Nuthurst & Lower Beeding	21
11	Haywards Heath Lucastes	12

Which road in Handcross has the highest level of crime?

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