Crime Statistics for Playden, Rother, East Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Playden, Rother

There were a total of 45 street level crime incidents in Playden 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 Playden, 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 Crime16
Criminal Damage Arson9
Public Order6
Burglary6
Other Theft2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Shoplifting2
Possession Of Weapons1
Other Crime1
All Crime45

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 Playden. 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 Playden

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Tillingham (1.14 miles)46
Playden45
Rye (0.62 miles)42
Bowler’s Town (0.62 miles)26
Camber (3.61 miles)6
Rye Foreign (0.88 miles)3
Rye Harbour (1.75 miles)3
Iden (1.24 miles)3
Peasmarsh (2.77 miles)0
Royal Military Canal (2.63 miles)0

7.45%
of Rye & Winchelsea residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Playden?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Tillingham16
Playden16
Rye15
Bowler’s Town8
Camber4
Rye Foreign1
Rye Harbour1
Iden0
Peasmarsh0
Royal Military Canal0

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

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 Playden 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 Playden compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Baird79
2Ore69
3Eastern Rother50
4Tenterden South45
5Rye & Winchelsea44
6Walland & Denge Marsh44
7Rolvenden & Tenterden West39
8Southern Rother37
9Brede & Udimore34
10Isle of Oxney26
11Northern Rother18

Which road in Playden has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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