Polegate North
WardSouth Wealden. About 3,891 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 54% of people in Polegate North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Polegate North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Polegate North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Polegate North at a rate of 95.1 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, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Polegate North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (99), violence and sexual offences (83) and anti-social behaviour (66).
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 ward, so they describe all of Wealden and not Polegate North alone. See Wealden
Polegate North in brief
Polegate North had 3,869 usual residents at the census.
About 54% of people in Polegate North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Polegate North, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Polegate North, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.