Total Crime Rate

90.6 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 90.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.7 5/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Pipe Passage area has the 12th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Lewes Bridge , and the 78th highest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pipe Passage (BN7 1YG) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.7% lower than the Lewes Bridge average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pipe Passage (BN7 1YG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Ditch Lane, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bull Lane (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pipe Passage area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Ditch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fisher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peters Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peters Place —
Sep 2025Burglary Castle Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peters Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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