Total Crime Rate
86.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Western Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Newhaven North , and the 84th highest crime rate of 327 local areas in Lewes .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Western Road (BN9 9JN) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the Newhaven North average (131.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 133.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Western Road (BN9 9JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Western Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rectory Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newhaven North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Rose Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hanson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Rose Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibbon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southdown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northdown Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hanson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rectory Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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