Crime Statistics for Hellingly, Wealden, East Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Hellingly, Wealden

There were a total of 50 street level crime incidents in Hellingly 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 Hellingly, 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 Crime21
Criminal Damage Arson5
Burglary5
Anti Social Behaviour4
Drugs4
Public Order3
Shoplifting2
Vehicle Crime2
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons1
Other Theft1
All Crime50

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 Hellingly. 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 Hellingly

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hailsham (1.96 miles)107
Hellingly50
Magham Down (1.39 miles)34
Lower Horsebridge (0.88 miles)28
Marle Green (2.48 miles)8
Lower Dicker (1.96 miles)6
Burlow (2.56 miles)5
Thunder’s Hill (1.96 miles)3
Hale Green (2.24 miles)3
Upper Dicker (2.24 miles)2

6.07%
of Hellingly residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hellingly?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hailsham39
Hellingly21
Magham Down16
Lower Horsebridge9
Marle Green3
Thunder’s Hill2
Hale Green2
Lower Dicker1
Burlow1
Upper Dicker1

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

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 Hellingly 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 Hellingly compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Hailsham West40
2Hailsham East40
3Polegate North29
4Hailsham Central28
5Hellingly27
6Hailsham South27
7Hailsham North25
8Stone Cross24
9Horam & Punnetts Town14
10Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron10

Which road in Hellingly has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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