Crime Rate in Bexhill Sidley, ward

Bexhill Sidley has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Rother district and the 934th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 105th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bexhill Sidley in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% higher than the Rother district average (72.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bexhill Sidley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 269 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -24.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 363 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bexhill Sidley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 90 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sidley Street (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.