Total Crime Rate
110.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chapel Street 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 Chapel Street (BN9 9PW) 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 Chapel Street (BN9 9PW), the main crime hotspot is near Butchers Lane. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newhaven North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cloisters | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marshall Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Side | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hill Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dacre Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grays Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Butchers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Meeching Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Meeching Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meeching Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grays Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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