Wealden crime rate
Overview of Wealden crime rate
Wealden’s crime rate is considered low, positioning it 25th among 25 neighboring boroughs in terms of safety. The area reported 8,252 incidents of crime in 2023, with a population of 160,151. This results in a crime rate of 51.53 crimes per 1,000 people, marking a 6.12% increase from the previous year.
The predominant types of crime in Wealden are Violence and sexual offences (36.3%), Anti-social behaviour (15.5%), and Criminal damage and arson (11.8%). Incidents of Robbery (0.5%), Theft from the person (0.4%), and Bicycle theft (0.3%) are comparatively rare.
In terms of geographical distribution, Wealden encompasses 41 wards. The wards experiencing the highest crime rates include Hailsham Central (160.8), Crowborough Central (103.0), and Polegate North (90.7). Conversely, the safest wards are Hailsham North (29.2), Lower Willingdon (21.7), and Crowborough St Johns (15.7).
Examining the area’s postcode districts, BN22 (102.0), BN23 (87.9), and TN2 (85.6) emerge as the regions with the highest crime rates. The safest postcode districts are TN3 (31.9), TN20 (30.7), and TN7 (18.9).
In Wealden, there was a significant increase in Anti-social behaviour by 5.86% in 2020. However, this trend reversed with a decrease of 1.84% in 2021 and a further reduction of 7.01% in 2022. Additionally, Burglary rates dropped by 1.75% in 2020.
Wealden crime incidents by crime type
A total of 8252 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.
- Violence and sexual offences – 2992 (36.3)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 1281 (15.5)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 973 (11.8)%
- Public order – 705 (8.5)%
- Other theft – 626 (7.6)%
- Shoplifting – 473 (5.7)%
- Vehicle crime – 389 (4.7)%
- Burglary – 358 (4.3)%
- Other crime – 154 (1.9)%
- Drugs – 124 (1.5)%
- Possession of weapons – 82 (1.0)%
- Robbery – 39 (0.5)%
- Theft from the person – 31 (0.4)%
- Bicycle theft – 25 (0.3)%
How does Wealden compare against nearby areas ?
Wealden ranks 25th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Wealden is compared against
Crime rates in Wealden wards
There are 41 wards within Wealden. Hailsham Central, Crowborough Central, Polegate North has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
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List of all 41 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Hailsham Central (160.8)
- Crowborough Central (103.0)
- Polegate North (90.7)
- Hailsham East (88.4)
- Hellingly (81.4)
- Uckfield New Town (77.3)
- Hailsham West (73.7)
- Uckfield East (72.9)
- Heathfield North (68.0)
- Forest Row (60.2)
- Crowborough North (56.9)
- Crowborough Jarvis Brook (54.1)
- Stone Cross (49.1)
- Pevensey Bay (48.4)
- Horam & Punnetts Town (47.7)
- Crowborough South West (46.6)
- Uckfield North (45.7)
- Crowborough South East (43.9)
- Hailsham North West (43.6)
- Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron (42.6)
- Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels (42.4)
- Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill (41.2)
- Frant & Wadhurst (40.5)
- Hailsham South (40.0)
- Danehill & Fletching (39.4)
- Polegate Central (39.0)
- Maresfield (38.0)
- Upper Willingdon (36.1)
- Heathfield South (35.1)
- Hartfield (33.5)
- Mayfield & Five Ashes (33.1)
- Hadlow Down & Rotherfield (32.8)
- Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted (32.0)
- Framfield & Cross-in-Hand (31.4)
- Withyham (30.8)
- Arlington (30.4)
- Buxted (29.8)
- South Downs (29.6)
- Hailsham North (29.2)
- Lower Willingdon (21.7)
- Crowborough St Johns (15.7)
Analyze trends and crime types for Wealden wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Wealden
There are 24 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Wealden. Highest crime rates in BN22, BN23, TN2 .
- BN22 – 102.0
- BN23 – 87.9
- TN2 – 85.6
- TN39 – 79.3
- TN8 – 76.2
- BN27 – 69.4
- TN33 – 63.6
- RH18 – 60.6
- BN6 – 56.7
- RH19 – 56.0
- BN26 – 54.2
- BN24 – 53.8
- TN6 – 53.2
- RH17 – 51.0
- TN22 – 48.1
- TN21 – 46.6
- BN25 – 45.1
- TN5 – 44.6
- BN20 – 44.3
- TN19 – 41.5
- BN8 – 39.2
- TN3 – 31.9
- TN20 – 30.7
- TN7 – 18.9
Postcode districts in Wealden
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