Crime Rate in Wishing Tree, ward

Wishing Tree has the 5th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Hastings district and the 3177th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 441st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wishing Tree in the last 12 months was 72.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% lower than the Hastings district average (124.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wishing Tree’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 210 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 256 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wishing Tree ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.