Postcode · Polegate
Crime in BN26 6BF
How much crime is recorded in BN26 6BF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Polegate
- Council
- Wealden
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,869 (2024)
BN26 6BFPolegate
How safe is BN26 6BF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN26 6BF area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
78
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
BN26 6BFNational
Shoplifting27.58.4
Violence and sexual offences18.723.6
Anti-social behaviour14.210.7
Public order4.94.6
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Other theft3.04.5
Burglary2.59.1
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Other crime0.91.5
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Theft from the person0.32.1
Drugs0.22.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.