Crime Statistics for Southover, Lewes, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 116 street level crime incidents in Southover in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Southover, 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	39
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Other Crime	14
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Shoplifting	8
Burglary	5
Public Order	5
Drugs	4
Other Theft	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	116

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Malling (1.24 miles)	155
Southover	116
Wallands Park (0.88 miles)	100
Landport (0.88 miles)	100
Hamsey (1.86 miles)	31
Rushey Green (3.1 miles)	19
Offham (1.96 miles)	10
Cooksbridge (2.56 miles)	1
Southease (2.56 miles)	0
Iford (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Southover?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Malling	53
Southover	39
Wallands Park	34
Landport	34
Hamsey	14
Rushey Green	7
Offham	6
Cooksbridge	1
Southease	0
Iford	0

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

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 Southover 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 Southover compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Southover and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Southover is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Lewes Castle	56
2	Moulsecoomb and Bevendean	56
3	Peacehaven West	42
4	Peacehaven North	36
5	Lewes Bridge	35
6	Lewes Priory	35
7	Kingston	29
8	Woodingdean	26
9	East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs	21
10	Arlington	19
11	Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey	19

Which road in Southover has the highest level of crime?

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