Crime Rates at Rotten Row, Lewes, BN7 1LJ

Rotten Row area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lewes Priory , and the 135th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Lewes .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rotten Row (BN7 1LJ) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.2% lower than the Lewes Priory average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rotten Row (BN7 1LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abergavenny Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Juggs Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.