Total Crime Rate
301.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crouch Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Seaford Central , and the 8th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Lewes .
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 Crouch Lane (BN25 1PT) in the last 12 months was 301.4 per 1,000 residents and was 324.2% higher than the Seaford Central average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -34.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crouch Lane (BN25 1PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Warwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sutton Croft Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steyne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broad Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clinton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Diamond Jubilee Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallett Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crouch Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crouch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
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