Total Crime Rate

226.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 226.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 83.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.8 10/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Framfield & Cross-in-Hand , and the 7th highest crime rate of 493 local areas in Wealden .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (TN21 8JB) in the last 12 months was 226.9 per 1,000 residents and was 561.4% higher than the Framfield & Cross-in-Hand average (34.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (TN21 8JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waldron Thorns (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Framfield & Cross-in-Hand

Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newnham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newnham Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westwood Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newnham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order High Street 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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