Crime Rate in Central St Leonards, ward

Central St Leonards has the 3rd highest crime rate of 16 wards in Hastings district and the 1014th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 112th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Central St Leonards in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% higher than the Hastings district average (124.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Central St Leonards’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 419 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 340.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 526 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Central St Leonards ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.