Total Crime Rate

265.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 265.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 132.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.7 9/10
  • Public order 42.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Drugs 21.4 10/10
  • Burglary 17.1 10/10
  • Other crime 12.8 10/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Bicycle 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Priory Villas area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lewes Priory , and the 11th highest crime rate of 326 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 Priory Villas (BN7 2UJ) in the last 12 months was 265.0 per 1,000 residents and was 215.7% higher than the Lewes Priory average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 132.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Villas (BN7 2UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mountfield Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Villas area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Garden Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pinwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pinwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdown Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery St Nicholas Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Fisher Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castle Ditch Lane —
Apr 2026Public order St Nicholas Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order St Swithun'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lansdown Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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