Crime Rate in Ashdown, ward

Ashdown has the 7th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Hastings district and the 2341st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 301st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ashdown in the last 12 months was 86.9 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% lower than the Hastings district average (124.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ashdown’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 207 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 256 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ashdown ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Whitworth Road, with 84 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Harlequin Gardens (19 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.