Lewes

England · E14001330

6,877 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
6,877
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
2,347 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

668/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising2,34734.1%
Anti-social behaviourrising1,46221.3%
Shopliftingfalling6589.6%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling5718.3%
Public orderfalling5057.3%
Other theftfalling3625.3%
Other crimerising2383.5%
Drugsrising1952.8%
Burglaryfalling1922.8%
Vehicle crimefalling1672.4%
Possession of weaponsfalling751.1%
Robberyrising430.6%
Bicycle theftfalling380.6%
Theft from the personfalling240.3%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.