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

Crime statistics for Keymer, Mid Sussex

There were a total of 40 street level crime incidents in Keymer in January 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 Keymer, 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 Crime15
Anti Social Behaviour6
Public Order4
Other Theft4
Criminal Damage Arson3
Shoplifting2
Drugs2
Vehicle Crime2
Bicycle Theft1
Robbery1
All Crime40

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 Keymer. 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 Keymer

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Burgess Hill (2.49 miles)205
Abbotsford (3.17 miles)134
Keymer40
Hassocks (0.62 miles)38
Albourne (3.16 miles)4
Albourne Green (3.16 miles)4
Plumpton (3.34 miles)3
Streat (2.48 miles)1
Plumpton Green (3.16 miles)1
Bedlam Street (2.48 miles)1

7.7%
of Hassocks residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Keymer?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Burgess Hill50
Abbotsford49
Keymer15
Hassocks15
Albourne2
Albourne Green2
Bedlam Street1
Plumpton0
Streat0
Plumpton Green0

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

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 Keymer 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 Keymer compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Keymer and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Keymer is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Burgess Hill Leylands45
2Burgess Hill Meeds37
3Hassocks25
4Burgess Hill St Andrews22
5Cuckfield22
6Burgess Hill Victoria21
7Burgess Hill Dunstall20
8Wivelsfield19
9Ditchling & Westmeston10
10Burgess Hill Franklands9
11Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John6

Which road in Keymer has the highest level of crime?

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

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