Crime Statistics for Chelwood Common, Wealden, East Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Chelwood Common, Wealden

There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in Chelwood Common in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chelwood Common, 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 Crime2
Criminal Damage Arson2
All Crime4

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 Chelwood Common. 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 Chelwood Common

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Danehill (0.88 miles)5
Chelwood Common4
Furner’s Green (1.39 miles)4
Ford’s Green (1.96 miles)3
Nutley (1.96 miles)3
Chelwood Gate (0.62 miles)2
Birchgrove (0.88 miles)2
Cinder Hill (2.55 miles)1
Horsted Keynes (1.86 miles)1
Sheffield Green (2.48 miles)0

8.62%
of High Weald residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chelwood Common?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Danehill2
Chelwood Common2
Ford’s Green2
Nutley2
Furner’s Green1
Chelwood Gate1
Birchgrove1
Cinder Hill0
Horsted Keynes0
Sheffield Green0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chelwood Common?

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 Chelwood Common 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 Chelwood Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chelwood Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chelwood Common is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Forest Row34
2Hartfield32
3Haywards Heath Bentswood28
4Maresfield24
5Danehill & Fletching23
6High Weald18
7East Grinstead Herontye16
8Haywards Heath Franklands10
9Lindfield5
10Newick2

Which road in Chelwood Common has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chelwood Common with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around The Green.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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