Total Crime Rate

53.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.1 4/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lewes Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill , and the 168th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

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 Lewes Road (RH17 7NX) in the last 12 months was 53.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% higher than the Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 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 Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lewes Road (RH17 7NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anchor Hill, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodcutters (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lewes Road area

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Data Sources

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