Total Crime Rate

76.7 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 76.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hill Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Lewes Bridge , and the 96th highest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hill Road (BN7 1DB) in the last 12 months was 76.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% lower than the Lewes Bridge average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 550.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hill Road (BN7 1DB), the main crime hotspot is near Meridian Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baxter Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blois Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nevill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blois Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Blois Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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