Rye News will be interviewing Sussex Police District Commander for Hastings and Rother Simon Yates in the coming weeks and we will be putting your questions to the police force. Now is your chance to have your questions on crime answered.
Simon Yates took over as the district commander from Jay Mendis Gunasekera in May 2024. With an extensive career at Sussex Police, and a stint working in London, Yates now oversees operations in Hastings, Battle, Bexhill and Rye.
Crime rates in Rye have increased in the last three years between July and September, jumping from 79 recorded incidents in the summer of 2022 to 155 last summer, according to Police.uk. Do you want to know what Sussex Police is doing to keep the community safe?
Crimes categorised as violence or sexual offences are double reported anti-social behaviour incidents. So what’s causing this and what’s being done to prevent them? Do you want to see more police visibility in Rye?
Please send through any questions to info@ryenews.org.uk or leave a comment below and and look out for our feature on Sussex Police in a future edition of Rye News.
