Mayfield & Five Ashes, Wealden: Safety
Safety
Mayfield & Five Ashes is one of the quietest neighbourhoods around, with roughly 7 to 9 crimes per month. That's well below the UK average of about 58 per month across 2024 and 2025.
The difference is striking. Most neighbouring neighbourhoods recorded 2 to 3 times as many crimes during the same period. This neighbourhood consistently stays at the lower end.
Early 2026 figures show a monthly average of around 7 crimes, which matches 2024 levels. There's no sign things are getting worse.
If you're looking for a settled, low-crime rural community, the numbers here are reassuring.
Source: police-recorded crime for Mayfield & Five Ashes ward (Sussex Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Mayfield & Five Ashes ward: Sussex Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Mayfield & Five Ashes ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
31.2
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
South East region average
84.2
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Horam & Punnetts Town
41.3
Lower than
Hurst Green & Ticehurst
48.6
Lower than
Framfield & Cross-in-Hand
36.1
Lower than
Frant & Wadhurst
39.3
Lower than
Burwash & the Weald
34.7
Higher than
Hadlow Down & Rotherfield
27.9
Lower than
Heathfield North
64.1
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Mayfield & Five Ashes ward and the South East region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences43%38%
- Anti-social behaviour12%14%
- Criminal damage and arson11%8%
- Public order8%7%
- Other crime7%2%
- Other theft6%7%
- Burglary4%3%
- Vehicle crime3%4%
- Drugs3%3%
- Possession of weapons3%1%
- Shoplifting1%10%
