Total Crime Rate

115.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.0 8/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

High Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Seaford Central , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BN25 1PP) in the last 12 months was 115.2 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% higher than the Seaford Central average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BN25 1PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Little Place Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other crime Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Place Lane
Sep 2025Public order Little Place Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Place Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mallett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Place Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guardswell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boundary Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Lane
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Warwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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