Total Crime Rate

103.6 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 103.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 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

High Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lewes Priory , and the 64th highest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .

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 High Street (BN7 1XN) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BN7 1XN), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Castle Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fisher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanners Brook Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Ditch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Nicholas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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