Postcode district · Forest Row
Crime in RH18
How much crime is recorded in RH18, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Wealden
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 10,515 (2024)
RH18Postcode district · Forest Row
How safe is RH18
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in RH18, 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
17.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
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).
RH18National
Shoplifting30.18.4
Violence and sexual offences12.623.6
Anti-social behaviour9.410.7
Burglary7.39.1
Other theft4.14.5
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Public order3.44.6
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Theft from the person0.82.1
Robbery0.81.4
Drugs0.82.4
Other crime0.51.5
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 7% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.