Total Crime Rate

96.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Whitegates Close area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey , and the 72nd 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 Whitegates Close (BN8 4AE) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 137.7% higher than the Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey average (40.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 122.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 79.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 91.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitegates Close (BN8 4AE), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Brooks. Police recorded 8 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitegates Close area

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Data Sources

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