Crime Statistics for Union Street, Rother, East Sussex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Union Street in August 2024. There were a total of 54 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour16
Violent Crime16
Criminal Damage Arson10
Vehicle Crime4
Other Crime4
Shoplifting4
All Crime54

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Union Street. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Union Street

We've taken the ten nearest places to Union Street and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Union Street has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Union Street28
Dale Hill (0.62 miles)24
Ticehurst (0.88 miles)17
Tolhurst (1.96 miles)7
Berner’s Hill (0.62 miles)5
Bewl (1.26 miles)2
Birchett’s Green (2.48 miles)2
Bewl Bridge Reservoir (1.5 miles)1
Stonecrouch (1.39 miles)1
Bedgebury Cross (1.96 miles)1

7.06%
of Burwash & the Weald residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Union Street?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Union Street and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Dale Hill19
Union Street16
Ticehurst7
Tolhurst2
Berner’s Hill2
Bewl1
Bewl Bridge Reservoir1
Birchett’s Green0
Stonecrouch0
Bedgebury Cross0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Union Street?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Union Street to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Union Street compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Union Street and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Union Street is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Frittenden and Sissinghurst42
2Sedlescombe & Westfield40
3Benenden and Cranbrook40
4Hurst Green & Ticehurst35
5Goudhurst and Lamberhurst32
6Hawkhurst and Sandhurst29
7Catsfield & Crowhurst20
8Robertsbridge18
9Burwash & the Weald16
10Frant & Wadhurst15
11Mayfield & Five Ashes4

Which road in Union Street has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Union Street with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
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