Anti-social behaviour and driving offences top the list for the Sussex Police team covering Peacehaven West and North. Our patrols, monitored CCTV and licensed guards help local businesses deal with the same issues on their own premises.
Trusted Protection in Peacehaven
The neighbourhood team for Peacehaven has two published priorities. The first is anti-social behaviour, including nuisance noise and antisocial driving. The second is Operation Downsway, a yearly campaign on road and driving offences. For shops, workshops and car parks, those concerns tend to show up as loitering, damage and vehicles misused after hours. Mobile patrols, CCTV towers and recorded incident reports give a Peacehaven business its own response alongside police work.
Peacehaven Business Profile
Thirty security workers in our network have homes within 10 miles of Peacehaven, and half of them, 15, hold a live SIA licence and are available to book. That gives us a local pool for patrol routes, static posts and alarm calls. All are vetted to BS 7858 and employed on PAYE, and each visit is logged by GPS book-on with a digital report sent to you afterwards.
Lewes district, which takes in Peacehaven, records 4,210 registered businesses. Professional services lead on 720, construction stands at 685 and leisure and entertainment at 345. Manufacturing runs at 5.7% against 4.6% nationally, so production units need access control and alarm response. Education is also above average at 2.3% compared with 1.9%, and schools often ask for gate control and protection during holidays.
Peacehaven Cinema is the named venue within 5km. Where any venue admits 200 or more people, Martyn's Law is due to set out duties, and our event officers can help plan for them early. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Peacehaven
Peacehaven's commercial ground is spread out. Meridian Industrial Estate, Victoria Enterprise Estate and Rich Industrial Estate sit within 5km, along with Newhaven Industrial Park, and the Meridian Shopping Centre handles much of the retail. Rail access comes through Newhaven Town, Newhaven Harbour and Southease. There are 20 pubs and bars nearby and 9 mapped construction sites, giving a mix of daytime retail, light industry and building work to secure.
Services in Peacehaven
These services can be booked for a Peacehaven shop, industrial unit, school or construction site.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
In the 12 months to August 2026, Police.uk logged 1,318 crimes within a mile of Peacehaven.
Violence and sexual offences made up 480 and anti-social behaviour 355, together more than six in ten of the total. Public order followed at 100, criminal damage and arson at 84 and shoplifting at 81. The latest quarter was 20% up on a year earlier, although shoplifting fell by 85%. For businesses, the main exposure is disorder and damage rather than theft from shelves.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Sussex Police's Peacehaven West and North team is working on anti-social behaviour and on Operation Downsway, its annual campaign against road and driving offences.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Peacehaven.
Areas We Cover Near Peacehaven
Telscombe is a mile from Peacehaven, Newhaven 2 miles and Seaford 5 miles. We cover each of them along with the other towns listed below.
Postcodes We Cover in Peacehaven
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Peacehaven, covering parts of Lewes and Wealden.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Peacehaven Security FAQs
Yes. Anti-social behaviour accounted for 355 of the 1,318 crimes within a mile, and the local police team has made it a priority. Patrols and monitored CCTV deter loitering and build a record you can share with police.
Our network has 30 security workers within 10 miles, and 15 hold a current SIA licence and can be booked. Each one is BS 7858 vetted before any placement.
We do. Meridian Industrial Estate, Victoria Enterprise Estate and Newhaven Industrial Park are within 5km. Manufacturing is 5.7% of Lewes district firms, and we provide access control, alarm response and patrols for production sites.
Education makes up 2.3% of local businesses against 1.9% nationally. We offer campus patrols, gate control and key holding over holiday periods, with GPS-logged visits reported to you.
Nine construction sites are mapped within 5km of Peacehaven, and construction firms number 685 in the district. CCTV towers and out-of-hours patrols help protect plant and materials.
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