Total Crime Rate

118.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Highdown Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lewes Priory , and the 47th highest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .

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 Highdown Road (BN7 1QF) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% higher than the Lewes Priory average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 157.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highdown Road (BN7 1QF), the main crime hotspot is near Firle Crescent. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highdown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepfair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firle Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windover Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepfair Under investigation
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Data Sources

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