Total Crime Rate

252.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 252.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.7 10/10
  • Drugs 27.2 10/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.7 9/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 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

Station Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lewes Priory , and the 14th 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 Station Street (BN7 2DB) in the last 12 months was 252.9 per 1,000 residents and was 163.7% higher than the Lewes Priory average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 101.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Street (BN7 2DB), the main crime hotspot is near Eastgate Wharf. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Station Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Nicholas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanners Brook Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Fisher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street
Sep 2025Burglary Castle Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fullers Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Ditch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastgate Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastgate Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Friars' Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friars' Walk
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastgate Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastgate Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastgate Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastgate Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastgate Wharf Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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