Total Crime Rate

184.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

111.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 184.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 111.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.5 9/10
  • Public order 43.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Weavers Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Ratton , and the 49th 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 Weavers Close (BN21 2BA) in the last 12 months was 184.5 per 1,000 residents and was 103.4% higher than the Ratton average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 111.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weavers Close (BN21 2BA), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 187 crimes here, including 145 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Weavers Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weavers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weavers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weavers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Weavers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Weavers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Weavers Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weavers Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weavers Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King'S Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fennell'S Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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