Total Crime Rate

31.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 31.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Forgefield area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burwash & the Weald , and the 92nd lowest crime rate of 306 local areas in Rother .

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 Forgefield (TN5 7ED) in the last 12 months was 31.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% lower than the Burwash & the Weald average (36.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forgefield (TN5 7ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limden Close, where police recorded 1 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forgefield area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bardown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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