Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill
WardSouth Wealden. About 3,421 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill at a rate of 45.1 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, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (65), anti-social behaviour (41) and other crime (36).
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 South & Willingdon Watermill alone. See Wealden
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill in brief
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill had 3,449 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.