Crime Statistics for Hailsham, Wealden, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 85 street level crime incidents in Hailsham in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hailsham, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	20
Shoplifting	14
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Public Order	8
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Other Theft	6
Burglary	6
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	85

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hailsham. 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 Hailsham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hailsham	85
Hellingly (1.96 miles)	44
Magham Down (1.39 miles)	42
Hankham (2.78 miles)	40
Mill Hill (3.1 miles)	34
Lower Horsebridge (1.75 miles)	29
Lower Dicker (2.77 miles)	5
Chapel Row (3.1 miles)	2
Herstmonceaux (3.1 miles)	2
Upper Dicker (2.55 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Hailsham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hellingly	25
Magham Down	24
Hailsham	20
Hankham	14
Lower Horsebridge	12
Mill Hill	10
Lower Dicker	2
Chapel Row	1
Herstmonceaux	1
Upper Dicker	1

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

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 Hailsham 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 Hailsham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hailsham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hailsham is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hailsham West	40
2	Hailsham East	40
3	Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill	31
4	Polegate North	29
5	Hailsham Central	28
6	Hellingly	27
7	Hailsham South	27
8	Hailsham North	25
9	Stone Cross	24
10	Horam & Punnetts Town	14

Which road in Hailsham has the highest level of crime?

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