Total Crime Rate

290.6 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 290.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.6 10/10
  • Public order 51.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.2 9/10
  • Drugs 29.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Other crime 12.8 10/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • 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

Mountfield Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lewes Priory , and the 12th highest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mountfield Road (BN7 2UX) in the last 12 months was 290.6 per 1,000 residents and was 203.0% higher than the Lewes Priory average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 162.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountfield Road (BN7 2UX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mountfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Nicholas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fullers Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanners Brook Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fisher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friars' Walk
Sep 2025Other theft Friars' Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street

Data Sources

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