Polegate
Middle areaSouth Wealden. 9,446 people in 7.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 67% of people in Polegate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Polegate
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Polegate at a rate of 60.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 54.1 per 1,000 people across Wealden.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 153 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 131 |
| Shoplifting | 100 |
| Other crime | 85 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 55 |
| Burglary | 15 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 |
| Drug offences | 12 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Polegate compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Polegate safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Polegate at a rate of 60.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 54.1 per 1,000 people across Wealden.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Polegate.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (153), anti-social behaviour (131) and shoplifting (100).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Wealden
These figures are published for the whole of Wealden, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wealden and not Polegate alone. See Wealden
Polegate in brief
The median price paid for a home in Polegate was £305,000 in 2025.
Polegate had 9,339 usual residents at the census.
About 67% of people in Polegate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Polegate, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.