Total Crime Rate

103.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upperton Lane 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 Upperton Lane (BN21 2DB) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Upperton Lane (BN21 2DB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upperton Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avenue Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartfield Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Enys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Enys Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Anne'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernard Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southfields Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southfields Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southfields Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Lynn Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Richmond Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upperton Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Upperton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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