Total Crime Rate

194.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 194.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 109.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Short Brow Close area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Lower Willingdon , and the 10th highest crime rate of 493 local areas in Wealden .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Short Brow Close (BN22 0QX) in the last 12 months was 194.1 per 1,000 residents and was 381.0% higher than the Lower Willingdon average (40.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Short Brow Close (BN22 0QX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Short Brow Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Willingdon Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meachants Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Eastbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oxendean Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime The Triangle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windover Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastbourne Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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