Total Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gainsborough Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Polegate Central , and the 69th 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 Gainsborough Lane (BN26 5HY) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% higher than the Polegate Central average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsborough Lane (BN26 5HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gainsborough Lane, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sunstar Lane (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gainsborough Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunstar Lane Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Gainsborough Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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