Crime Statistics for Balcombe Lane, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Balcombe Lane in September 2024. There were a total of 2 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Burglary.

Crime Category	Incidents
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	2

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Balcombe Lane. 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 Balcombe Lane

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tilgate (3.1 miles)	264
Furnace Green (2.63 miles)	150
Maidenbower (2.24 miles)	79
Balcombe (1.24 miles)	9
Tilgate Forest Row (3.1 miles)	7
Balcombe Lane	2
Highbrook (3.34 miles)	2
Ardingly (2.63 miles)	2
Turners Hill (2.63 miles)	2
Ardingly Reservoir (1.88 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Balcombe Lane?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tilgate	101
Furnace Green	47
Maidenbower	32
Tilgate Forest Row	2
Highbrook	2
Balcombe	1
Balcombe Lane	0
Ardingly	0
Turners Hill	0
Ardingly Reservoir	0

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

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 Balcombe Lane 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 Balcombe Lane compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Southgate	69
2	Broadfield	66
3	Northgate & West Green	66
4	Tilgate	65
5	Three Bridges	59
6	Furnace Green	46
7	Langley Green & Tushmore	44
8	Pound Hill North & Forge Wood	42
9	Pound Hill South & Worth	36
10	Ardingly and Balcombe	29
11	Maidenbower	21

Which road in Balcombe Lane has the highest level of crime?

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