Crime Statistics for South Malling, Lewes, East Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for South Malling, Lewes

There were a total of 166 street level crime incidents in South Malling in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in South Malling, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime40
Anti Social Behaviour29
Shoplifting25
Other Crime15
Criminal Damage Arson11
Public Order10
Burglary9
Drugs8
Other Theft7
Theft From The Person4
Vehicle Crime4
Possession Of Weapons2
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime166

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 South Malling

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

LocationCrime Incidents
South Malling166
Southover (1.24 miles)116
Wallands Park (0.88 miles)104
Landport (0.88 miles)104
Hamsey (0.62 miles)38
Offham (0.88 miles)16
Iford (2.56 miles)8
Rushey Green (2.55 miles)8
Barcombe (1.86 miles)1
Cooksbridge (1.39 miles)1

10.26%
of Lewes Bridge residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near South Malling?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
South Malling40
Southover36
Wallands Park34
Landport34
Hamsey8
Offham6
Iford5
Rushey Green2
Barcombe0
Cooksbridge0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in South Malling?

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 South Malling 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 South Malling compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Lewes Castle56
2Moulsecoomb and Bevendean56
3Peacehaven North36
4Lewes Bridge35
5Lewes Priory35
6Kingston29
7Woodingdean26
8Arlington19
9Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey19
10Ditchling & Westmeston10
11Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John6

Which road in South Malling has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in South Malling with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around South Downs Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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