Total Crime Rate

885.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 885.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 235.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 208.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 205.9 10/10
  • Public order 69.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.1 10/10
  • Other theft 42.8 10/10
  • Other crime 29.4 10/10
  • Burglary 13.4 9/10
  • Robbery 13.4 9/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Hailsham Central , and the 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 High Street (BN27 1AN) in the last 12 months was 885.0 per 1,000 residents and was 710.0% higher than the Hailsham Central average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 111 (≈ 296.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BN27 1AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A295 (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Binder Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street —
Sep 2025Other theft A295 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A295 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order A295 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Banks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery A295 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A295 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A295 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A295 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A295 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime A295 Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime A295 Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Public order North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other theft Downsview Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Summerheath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Summerheath Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reef Way —
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Data Sources

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