Crime Rate in Hartfield, ward

Hartfield has the 16th lowest crime rate of 41 wards in Wealden district and the 1084th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 159th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hartfield in the last 12 months was 34.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% lower than the Wealden district average (52.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hartfield’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 275.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 10.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hartfield ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Sports/Recreation Area, with 24 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Waterworks Close (6 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.