Crime Rate in Hampden Park, ward

Hampden Park has the 3rd highest crime rate of 9 wards in Eastbourne district and the 736th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 82nd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hampden Park in the last 12 months was 141.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% higher than the Eastbourne district average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hampden Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 467 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -29.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 622 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hampden Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 307 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.