Total Crime Rate

84.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 22.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.2 5/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Link Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 125th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Link Road (BN20 7TR) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% lower than the Meads average (209.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Link Road (BN20 7TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denton Road, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Link Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Link Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Denton Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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