Total Crime Rate
10.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Staveley Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 14th lowest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Staveley Road (BN20 7JZ) in the last 12 months was 10.6 per 1,000 residents and was 95.3% lower than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Staveley Road (BN20 7JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jephson Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fitzgerald Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jephson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jephson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jephson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Derwent Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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