Postcode · Forest Row
Crime in RH18 5HS
How much crime is recorded in RH18 5HS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch
- Council
- Wealden
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,272 (2024)
RH18 5HSForest Row
How safe is RH18 5HS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RH18 5HS area, 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
16.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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).
RH18 5HSNational
Burglary14.09.1
Violence and sexual offences11.923.6
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Public order1.24.6
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Other theft1.14.5
Drugs0.72.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 47% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.