Total Crime Rate
169.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eversfield Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Ratton , and the 54th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eversfield Road (BN21 2AS) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.4% higher than the Ratton average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (β 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eversfield Road (BN21 2AS), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 57 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gorringe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | 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 | Vehicle crime | St Leonard'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonard'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartfield Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gorringe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gorringe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gorringe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedfordwell Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | β |
| 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 | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | 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 | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperton Gardens | β |
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