Total Crime Rate
146.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southfields Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 61st highest crime rate of 326 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 Southfields Road (BN21 1BN) in the last 12 months was 146.1 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower than the Meads average (209.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (β 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southfields Road (BN21 1BN), the main crime hotspot is near Station Street. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lushington Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonard'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bernard Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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