Crime Rate in Horam & Punnetts Town, ward

Horam & Punnetts Town has the 14th lowest crime rate of 41 wards in Wealden district and the 971st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 131st lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Horam & Punnetts Town in the last 12 months was 32.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% lower than the Wealden district average (52.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Horam & Punnetts Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 98 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 115 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Horam & Punnetts Town ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.