Total Crime Rate

120.1 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 120.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 61.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mill Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Lewes Bridge , and the 45th 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 Mill Road (BN7 2RT) in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Lewes Bridge average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 107.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Road (BN7 2RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B2192, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Deanery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B2192 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Prince Charles Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malling Down
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malling Down
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Nurseries Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Nurseries

Data Sources

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