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Crime in Lewes by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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2,279crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+12%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Wivelsfield Greenlowest rate8.1 per 1,000 a year
48middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Mount Pleasant (7%), Telscombe Cliffs (9%) and Newhaven (9%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1NewhavenBN9 · 16,571 residents 167.8▲ 9%violence
2Mount PleasantBN9 · 4,563 residents 126.2▲ 7%violence
3LewesBN7 · 16,719 residents 125.1▲ 12%anti-social behaviour
4DentonBN9 · 4,563 residents 116.6▲ 11%violence
5PeacehavenBN10 · 22,826 residents 84.1▲ 24%violence
6South HeightonBN9 · 4,563 residents 78.9▲ 29%violence
7SeafordBN25 · 23,864 residents 56.8▲ 21%violence
8Telscombe CliffsBN10 · 11,852 residents 50.6▲ 9%violence
9RingmerBN8 · 3,499 residents 48▼ 33%violence
10Old WivelsfieldRH17 · 2,963 residents 35.10%anti-social behaviour
11DitchlingBN6 · 2,554 residents 34.5▲ 100%violence
12NewickBN8 · 2,448 residents 29.4▲ 64%anti-social behaviour
13Barcombe CrossBN8 · 2,230 residents 28.7–violence
14Kingston near LewesBN7 · 1,905 residents 18.9–anti-social behaviour
15North ChaileyBN8 · 1,867 residents 17.1–anti-social behaviour
16WivelsfieldRH17 · 2,963 residents 16.2▼ 25%anti-social behaviour
17Wivelsfield GreenRH17 · 2,963 residents 8.1–anti-social behaviour

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Lewes have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Wivelsfield Green, Wivelsfield, North Chailey, Kingston near Lewes and Barcombe Cross.

Which areas of Lewes have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Newhaven, Mount Pleasant, Lewes, Denton and Peacehaven.

Is crime going up or down in Lewes?

Across Lewes, 2,279 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 12% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.