Total Crime Rate

121.4 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 121.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Public order 26.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kings Drive 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 Kings Drive (BN21 2NY) 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 Kings Drive (BN21 2NY), the main crime hotspot is near Weavers Close. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Weavers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Prideaux Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashburnham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2021 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2021 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weavers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weavers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weavers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Weavers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Weavers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weavers Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weavers Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weavers Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weavers Close —
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Data Sources

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