Crime Statistics for Mill Hill, Wealden, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 92 street level crime incidents in Mill Hill in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	37
Violent Crime	19
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Public Order	6
Burglary	5
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Other Theft	3
Other Crime	1
All Crime	92

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Mill Hill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Mill Hill

We've taken the ten nearest places to Mill Hill and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Mill Hill has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Langney (1.86 miles)	288
Hampden Park (2.24 miles)	162
Downside (3.57 miles)	118
Mill Hill	92
Hankham (0.62 miles)	88
Hailsham (3.1 miles)	81
Polegate (2.55 miles)	57
Foulride Green (2.77 miles)	30
Wannock (3.34 miles)	23
Beachlands (2.88 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Mill Hill?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Mill Hill and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Langney	94
Hampden Park	63
Downside	37
Hailsham	24
Polegate	22
Mill Hill	19
Hankham	18
Foulride Green	15
Wannock	10
Beachlands	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Mill Hill?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Mill Hill to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Mill Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Mill Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Mill Hill is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Langney	59
2	Hampden Park	56
3	Hailsham East	40
4	Polegate Central	32
5	Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill	31
6	Polegate North	29
7	Sovereign	27
8	Stone Cross	24
9	Lower Willingdon	23
10	Pevensey Bay	22
11	Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels	22

Which road in Mill Hill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Mill Hill with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Beaulieu Drive.