Crime Statistics for Little Common, Rother, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 17 street level crime incidents in Little Common in February 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 Little 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	11
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	17

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 Little Common. 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 Little Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sidley (2.24 miles)	211
Bexhill (1.39 miles)	167
Watermill (2.78 miles)	20
Cooden	17
Little Common	17
Gotham (1.39 miles)	11
Russell’s Green (2.56 miles)	1
Hooe (2.24 miles)	0
Hooe Common (2.24 miles)	0
Hall’s Close (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Little Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sidley	90
Bexhill	48
Cooden	11
Little Common	11
Watermill	6
Gotham	5
Russell’s Green	1
Hooe	0
Hooe Common	0
Hall’s Close	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Little 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 Little 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 Little Common compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bexhill Central	69
2	Bexhill Sidley	68
3	Bexhill Sackville	53
4	Bexhill St Stephens	44
5	Bexhill Old Town & Worsham	29
6	Pevensey Bay	22
7	Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels	22
8	Bexhill Pebsham & St Michaels	21
9	Bexhill Collington	20
10	Bexhill Kewhurst	12
11	Bexhill St Marks	12

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

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