Total Crime Rate
103.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hartfield Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 100th highest crime rate of 328 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 Hartfield Road (BN21 2AB) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% lower than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartfield Road (BN21 2AB), the main crime hotspot is near Ivy Terrace. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ivy Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ivy Terrace | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernard Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southfields Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southfields Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southfields Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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