Total Crime Rate
53.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Hill area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Lewes Bridge , and the 130th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Lewes .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chapel Hill (BN7 2BB) in the last 12 months was 53.2 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% lower than the Lewes Bridge average (139.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Hill (BN7 2BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cliffe High Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lewes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bear Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliffe High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Chapel Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bear Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatsheaf Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatsheaf Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farncombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rusbridge Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliffe High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cliffe High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe High Street | — |
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