Street reports

Street reports in Lewes by area

In the last month people reported 70 street problems on FixMyStreet across the areas we cover, and other came up most (19). 1 was marked fixed. Here is every area ranked.

70problems reportedin the last month

Othermost reported19 reports, 27%

1marked fixed1% of this month’s reports so far

0neighbours askedfor street improvements

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Most reports this month: Peacehaven (19), Lewes (16) and Seaford (14). The middle Lewes area had 1, and 8 areas had none. Most fixes marked: Peacehaven (1) and Telscombe Cliffs (1).

Every area, ranked


1	PeacehavenBN10	19	5%	1	–	Abandoned vehicles
2	LewesBN7	16	0%	–	–	Other
3	SeafordBN25	14	0%	–	–	Other
4	NewhavenBN9	10	0%	–	–	Other
5	Telscombe CliffsBN10	9	11%	1	–	Abandoned vehicles
6	CooksbridgeBN8	4	0%	–	–	Overgrown - danger or obstructing
7	WivelsfieldRH17	3	0%	–	–	Bollard Missing
8	DentonBN9	2	0%	–	–	Abandoned vehicles
9	Mount PleasantBN9	2	0%	–	–	Abandoned vehicles
10	North ChaileyBN8	2	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping
11	Old WivelsfieldRH17	2	0%	–	–	Other
12	Plumpton GreenBN7	2	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping
13	DitchlingBN6	1	0%	–	–	Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep
14	FalmerBN1	1	0%	–	–	Abandoned vehicles
15	FirleBN8	1	0%	–	–	Rights of way
16	South HeightonBN9	1	0%	–	–	Abandoned vehicles
17	Wivelsfield GreenRH17	1	0%	–	–	Other

Reports made on FixMyStreet in the last month within each area’s circle. “Already fixed” is the share of those reports now marked fixed; “Fixes marked” counts every report marked fixed in that time, whenever it was made. Bigger and busier areas get more reports, and areas overlap, so one report can count in more than one area. Tap a column to sort.

What gets reported most


Other	19	27%	Lewes (6)
Abandoned vehicles	7	10%	Peacehaven (4)
Fly Tipping	4	6%	Plumpton Green (2)
Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep	4	6%	Seaford (2)
Bollard Missing	3	4%	Wivelsfield (1)
Parks/landscapes	3	4%	Seaford (2)
Rubbish (refuse and recycling)	3	4%	Seaford (2)
Street cleaning	3	4%	Lewes (2)
Street Name Plates	3	4%	North Chailey (1)
Tree Causing Minor obstruction	3	4%	Lewes (1)
Trip hazard more than 3cm high	3	4%	Peacehaven (2)
Flooding not entering property	2	3%	Lewes (2)
Overgrown - danger or obstructing	2	3%	Cooksbridge (1)
Rutting at least 60 cm long or more than 10 cm deep	2	3%	Peacehaven (1)
Crack more than 3 cm wide	1	1%	Wivelsfield (1)

The 15 most common of 23 kinds of problem reported in the last month, in the councils’ own words. Councils name some problems differently, so a few appear more than once.

Recently fixed


Abandoned vehicle on Park Avenue	Telscombe Cliffs	31 Oct

The latest 1 of 1 report marked fixed on FixMyStreet in the last month, by the council or by the person who reported it.

Spotted a problem? Report it

Fly-tipping, a pothole, a broken street light or an overflowing bin: the quickest way to get it sorted is to report it on FixMyStreet. It’s free, you don’t need to know which council looks after the street, and you can see what your neighbours have already reported so you don’t report it twice. More reports in an area often means people there are good at speaking up, not that it is worse kept.

Where the figures come from

Street reports and fixes come from FixMyStreet, run by the charity mySociety, through its public Open311 feed. We keep only the kind of problem, where and when it was reported, and whether it has been fixed, and link to the report itself. We never store the name of the person who reported it, their words or their photos. Street names come from OpenStreetMap. Our figures start on 6 Oct, so “the last month” may be a little shorter for now.

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. See our sources and their licences.

Street reports in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Lewes have the most street problems reported?

In the last month the most problems were reported on FixMyStreet in Peacehaven (19), Lewes (16), Seaford (14), Newhaven (10) and Telscombe Cliffs (9). The middle Lewes area had 1. Bigger and busier areas usually get more reports, so these are counts, not rates.

What is the most reported street problem in Lewes?

Other, with 19 of the 70 reports in the last month (27%), followed by abandoned vehicles (7) and fly Tipping (4).

How many street problems get fixed in Lewes?

1 report was marked as fixed on FixMyStreet in the last month. Of the 70 reports made in that time, 1 (1%) are already marked fixed. Councils don’t always mark reports as fixed, so the real number may be higher.

How do I report a problem on my street in Lewes?

Use FixMyStreet (fixmystreet.com), a free service run by the charity mySociety. Put in your postcode, drop a pin on the problem and say what it is; it goes straight to the right council, and it shows up on MeBabber within a day.