Total Crime Rate
103.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pembroke Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Arlington , and the 41st highest crime rate of 494 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 Pembroke Close (BN27 1NT) in the last 12 months was 103.7 per 1,000 residents and was 150.1% higher than the Arlington average (41.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 4.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 318.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pembroke Close (BN27 1NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trefoil Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foxglove Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hellingly| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trefoil Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trefoil Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkswood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trefoil Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hawkswood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trefoil Road | — |
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