Crime Statistics for Horam, Wealden, East Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Horam, Wealden

There were a total of 16 street level crime incidents in Horam in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Horam, 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 Crime10
Vehicle Crime2
Public Order2
Shoplifting1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime16

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 Horam. 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 Horam

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Heathfield (2.56 miles)22
Maynard’s Green (0.88 miles)20
Tilsmore (2.48 miles)18
Horam16
Little London (1.24 miles)11
Marle Green (0.88 miles)8
Burlow (0.62 miles)5
Warbleton (1.96 miles)4
Hale Green (2.24 miles)3
Chapman’s Town (2.55 miles)0

7.13%
of Heathfield South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Horam?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Maynard’s Green10
Horam10
Little London9
Heathfield6
Tilsmore3
Marle Green3
Hale Green2
Burlow1
Warbleton0
Chapman’s Town0

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

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 Horam 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 Horam compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Horam and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Horam is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Hailsham West40
2Hailsham Central28
3Hellingly27
4Hailsham North25
5Framfield & Cross-in-Hand20
6Heathfield North19
7Hadlow Down & Rotherfield15
8Horam & Punnetts Town14
9Heathfield South12
10Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron10

Which road in Horam has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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