Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the highest crime rate of 16 wards in Hastings district and the 81st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 10th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 342.9 per 1,000 residents and was 174.8% higher than the Hastings district average (124.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 837 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 22 cases , down -42.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,097 (≈ 161.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Havelock Road, with 209 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (123 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.