Total Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 20.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fort Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Newhaven North , and the 137th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Lewes .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fort Road (BN9 9QG) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% lower than the Newhaven North average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fort Road (BN9 9QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Butchers Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Fort Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/62)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft North Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson North Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting North Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferry Terminal Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Neill'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Riverside South Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooks Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Riverside South —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Other theft Riverside North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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