Total Crime Rate
121.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Weavers Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Ratton , and the 79th highest crime rate of 328 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 Weavers Close (BN21 2BA) in the last 12 months was 121.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% higher than the Ratton average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 900.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 163.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weavers Close (BN21 2BA), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 131 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ratton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weavers Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weavers Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weavers Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weavers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weavers Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weavers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushlake Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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