Burgess Hill Leylands
WardSouth west Mid Sussex. About 5,267 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Burgess Hill Leylands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Burgess Hill Leylands compares
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Is Burgess Hill Leylands safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Burgess Hill Leylands at a rate of 81.5 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, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Burgess Hill Leylands.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (114), anti-social behaviour (108) and shoplifting (86).
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 ward, so they describe all of Mid Sussex and not Burgess Hill Leylands alone. See Mid Sussex
Burgess Hill Leylands in brief
Burgess Hill Leylands had 4,721 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Burgess Hill Leylands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Burgess Hill Leylands, 91.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Burgess Hill Leylands, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.