Total Crime Rate
40.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sutton Park Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Seaford Central , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sutton Park Road (BN25 1SJ) in the last 12 months was 40.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sutton Park Road (BN25 1SJ), 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.
View Crime In Seaford Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chichester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guardswell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramber Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Broad Street | Under investigation |
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