Crime Rate in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham, ward

Bexhill Old Town & Worsham has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Rother district and the 2806th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 539th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham in the last 12 months was 52.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.1% lower than the Rother district average (72.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bexhill Old Town & Worsham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -85.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bexhill Old Town & Worsham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Foxglove Avenue, with 15 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Jacobs Acre (10 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.