Crime Prevention
Good news - Crime in Wealden is less than half the national average.
However businesses are more at risk of crime than private households. Links below will help you reduce the risk of crime in your business and also protect profits and ensure staff safety.
Safer Wealden Partnership
Our local multi agency approach to crime prevention and reduction.
Sussex Police (external link)
Over 60 staff work full time on community safety, crime reduction, education to schools and young people. They support over 9,000 neighbourhood watch schemes and other initiatives.
Sussex Police News Service (external link)
Up to date local information on crime at the click of a mouse
Community Safety Department (external link) - Sussex Police
Important issues affecting the community.
Crime Prevention Unit (external link)
Latest developments in crime prevention. Crime Prevention Design Advisers help developers, builders and local authority Planning Departments to ensure that crime is ‘designed out’.
CADDIE (external link)
A website built by the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships across Sussex, providing up-to-date information about crime in your area, and how together, we are working to reduce crime, tackle the fear of crime and promote quality of life issues around Sussex.
East Sussex Trading Standards Alert Service
For more information on how it can help you email Louise.Baxter@eastsussex.gov.uk
Crime Reduction UK (external link)
Practical guidance on security, personal safety, building design and layout and working together.
The emergency contact details are:
In an emergency call 999 (112) and ask the operator for the Police.
For non emergency calls: telephone 0845 6070999