Crime Rates at Western Road, Newhaven, BN9 9JR

Western Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Newhaven North , and the 58th 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 Western Road (BN9 9JR) in the last 12 months was 110.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.8% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Road (BN9 9JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Western Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.