Total Crime Rate
122.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fern Grove area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Hailsham East , and the 29th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Wealden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fern Grove (BN27 2FF) in the last 12 months was 122.4 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% higher than the Hailsham East average (75.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fern Grove (BN27 2FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Marys Avenue, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Binder Lane (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Timbers Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Marys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Barn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Timbers Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Timbers Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Timbers Court | — |
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