Total Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Vernon Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Uckfield New Town , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 493 local areas in Wealden .

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 Vernon Road (TN22 5DY) in the last 12 months was 132.5 per 1,000 residents and was 193.8% higher than the Uckfield New Town average (45.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vernon Road (TN22 5DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swallow Court, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vernon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vernon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swallow Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pipit Meadow
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keld Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Selby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Selby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swallow Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swallow Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swallow Court

Data Sources

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