Total Crime Rate

20.8 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 20.8 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Fitzjohns Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Lewes Bridge , and the 69th lowest crime rate of 327 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 Fitzjohns Road (BN7 1PP) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.2% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fitzjohns Road (BN7 1PP), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 104 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fitzjohns Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wallands Park Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shelley Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baxter Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prison Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ousedale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Prince Edward'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nevill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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