Postcode district · Polegate
Crime in BN26
How much crime is recorded in BN26, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Wealden
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 26,389 (2024)
BN26Postcode district · Polegate
How safe is BN26
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in BN26, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
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).
BN26National
Violence and sexual offences13.523.6
Anti-social behaviour9.810.7
Burglary4.89.1
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Shoplifting3.88.4
Public order3.34.6
Other theft2.14.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Other crime1.21.5
Drugs0.92.4
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.21.0
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.