Total Crime Rate

103.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pembroke 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pembroke Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Trefoil Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Way
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Way
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Way
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trefoil Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foxglove Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foxglove Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Norman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hawkswood Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trefoil Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkswood Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hawkswood Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trefoil Road

Data Sources

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