Editing Lewes (section)

==Crime==
The town is the police and judicial centre for all of [[Sussex]] and is home to [[Sussex Police]], [[East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service]], [[Lewes Crown Court]] and [[HMP Lewes]].

The fact that Lewes has a [[Lewes Crown Court|Crown Court]], and a [[Lewes (HM Prison)|prison]], is reflected by the fact that many notorious people have been connected with the town. During the 1916 [[Easter Rising]] in Ireland several prominent figures involved in it were in Lewes Prison, including [[Éamon de Valera]] (1882–1975); [[Thomas Ashe]] (1885–1917); [[Frank Lawless]] (1871–1922); and [[Harry Boland]] (1887–1922). Others have included [[George Witton]] (1874–1942) involved in shooting prisoners during the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]].

Lewes [[Assize Court|assizes]] saw many important trials. In 1949 [[serial killer]] [[John George Haigh]] was sentenced to death. In 1956 suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams]] had his committal hearing in Lewes before being sent to the [[Old Bailey]], London for trial. He was subsequently tried and convicted in Lewes in 1957 for [[fraud]], lying on [[cremation]] forms and obstructing a police search. An early case was that of [[Percy Lefroy Mapleton]] (1860–1881) hanged for murder and the subject of the first composite picture on a [[wanted poster]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"|
|+ '''Crime rates in Lewes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.findaproperty.com/crimefacts.aspx?edid=00&salerent=1&areaid=0876 |title=Property to rent in Lewes – Flats & houses to rent in Lewes – Zoopla |work=findaproperty.com |access-date=28 July 2008 |archive-date=17 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217063900/http://www.findaproperty.com/crimefacts.aspx?edid=00&salerent=1&areaid=0876 |url-status=live}}</ref> (per 1000 population) 2005–2006'''
! || Locally || Nationally
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| Robbery || style="text-align:center;"|0.17 || style="text-align:center;"|1.85
|-
| Theft of a motor vehicle || style="text-align:center;"|1.67 || style="text-align:center;"|4.04
|-
| Theft from a motor vehicle || style="text-align:center;"|4.59 || style="text-align:center;"|9.56
|-
| Sexual offences || style="text-align:center;"|0.83 || style="text-align:center;"|1.17
|-
| Violence against a person || style="text-align:center;"|16.75 || style="text-align:center;"|19.97
|-
| Burglary || style="text-align:center;"|2.99 || style="text-align:center;"| 5.67
|}