Total Crime Rate

60.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 60.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Milnthorpe Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Milnthorpe Road (BN20 7NR) in the last 12 months was 60.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% lower than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milnthorpe Road (BN20 7NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holywell Drive, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gaudick Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Milnthorpe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Derwent Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesterfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Meads Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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