Haywards Heath West
Middle areaCentral Mid Sussex. 12,907 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Haywards Heath West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Haywards Heath West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Haywards Heath West at a rate of 71.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across Mid Sussex.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 288 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 212 |
| Other crime | 183 |
| Shoplifting | 73 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 60 |
| Drug offences | 33 |
| Vehicle crime | 30 |
| Burglary | 27 |
| Theft from the person | 11 |
| Robbery | 9 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Haywards Heath West compares
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Is Haywards Heath West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Haywards Heath West at a rate of 71.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across Mid Sussex.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 77 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Haywards Heath West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (288), anti-social behaviour (212) and other crime (183).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Mid Sussex
These figures are published for the whole of Mid Sussex, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Mid Sussex and not Haywards Heath West alone. See Mid Sussex
Haywards Heath West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Haywards Heath West was £300,000 in 2025.
Haywards Heath West had 11,827 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Haywards Heath West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Haywards Heath West, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.