Crime Rate in Meads, ward

Meads has the highest crime rate of 9 wards in Eastbourne district and the 209th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 31st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Meads in the last 12 months was 227.5 per 1,000 residents and was 74.2% higher than the Eastbourne district average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Meads’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 750 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 18 cases , up 63.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 63.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,016 (≈ 91.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Meads ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Terminus Road, with 381 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Station Street (141 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.