Yes. Robertsbridge is quieter than the district around it. Crime runs well below the Rother average. Hardly anyone is out of work. Hardly anyone is living on top of each other. People here are more likely to fall out over a planning application than over anything that ends in a court date.
Sussex Police recorded 246 crimes in and around Robertsbridge in the twelve months from June 2025 to May 2026. The published rate is 51 crimes per 1,000 residents, about 30% below the local-authority average. Both figures come from police.uk's neighbourhood statistics, and the rate uses the statistical area's own population base, so it shouldn't be recalculated from the village headcount.
Set side by side, the gap is plain. Robertsbridge sits at 51 crimes per 1,000 residents. Rother as a whole sits at about 73 per 1,000. That district includes busier, denser places than a Weald village with one High Street, so the gap is roughly what the geography would lead you to expect. Estate agents who describe the village as "very safe" are, for once, not stretching the truth by much.
The neighbourhood fits the numbers. Population density averages about 1,050 people per square kilometre across the area's statistical zones. Unemployment was around 2% at the 2021 census, and about 2% of households were overcrowded. Those are descriptions, not causes. They tell you what kind of place produces a low crime rate, not why.
The mix needs care, because the numbers are small. Violence and sexual offences made up about 32% of recorded crime, close to the 35% national share. That's a broad legal category that includes common assault without injury, and it's the largest category almost everywhere. Anti-social behaviour made up about 25%, against 16% nationally. Public order offences were about 11% against 7%, criminal damage and arson about 10% against 7%, burglary about 7% against 4%, and other theft about 5% against 7%. With only a couple of hundred crimes in the year, a handful of incidents can move any of these shares by several points. Read them as last year's pattern, not a permanent feature. Burglary running above the national share is still worth a decent lock and a conversation with the neighbours. Just don't take the percentage as settled.
What happens after a crime is reported is a different question from how often crimes happen. Sussex Police charges a suspect in about 10% of cases, against about 12% nationally, over the same twelve months. That ranks the force 35th of 42 in England and Wales. About 48% of cases were closed with no suspect identified. These are force-wide figures covering the whole county, with nothing specific to Robertsbridge in them. They tell you how often a report ends in a charge. They say nothing about how often you'll need to make one.
Safety is one of Robertsbridge's real strengths. The crime rate sits well under the district's, and the neighbourhood behind it is settled.