12 June 2025

CRIME STATISTICS FROM INSPECTOR DAVID DERRICK

The following crime statistics were shared at the Public Services Committee Meeting on Tuesday 3^rd June:

East Grinstead – Last 3 months (1.3.25 – 27.5.25)

• 1,896 calls to Police – 291 Cat A (meaning a car will arrive within 10 minutes), 112 Cat B, 168 Cat C
• 100 with a Domestic Abuse (DA) tag (27 less DA calls than in the previous 3 month period)
• 707 incidents were attended by Police (50 more incidents attended than for the previous 3 month period)
• Of the 707 incidents attended – these include 95 violent crimes, 113 medical incident/concern, 71 suspicious acts, 38 road related incidents, 33 RTCs, 32 ASB and 19 burglaries

Recorded crime in East Grinstead

 -25.7% reduction in Burglary

• +20.8% increase for Theft
• +21.2% increase for Robbery
• -3.4% reduction in Possession of Weapons offences
• -11.7% reduction in recorded DA crime

Overall East Grinstead remained a very safe place to live, with Mid Sussex being at the lower end of crime for Sussex, which was approx. mid table across the country.

The police station was used 707 times on different occasions over the past 3 months by officers, even though the front desk was only manned 2 days a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10am and 2pm.

Category A calls were responded to within 10 minutes; if this time was missed it would only be by 1-2 minutes, no longer.  Category A was classified as a crime in progress and typically a response vehicle would be sent from Crawley as it was a faster drive.

The ASB rates provided were lower than the impression of issues shared by the public with Councillors.  The importance of reporting incidents was emphasised, as police officers were intelligence led; if the reports were not made the police would remain unaware of issues occurring.

Speeding was the responsibility of the Road Safety Unit, Insp Derrick would follow up with them to share details of this.

Police Officers did not have the powers to enforce vehicle noise unless it was caused by a deliberate modification.