Total Crime Rate
1755.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lismore Road area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 328 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 Lismore Road (BN21 3AY) in the last 12 months was 1755.8 per 1,000 residents and was 671.7% higher than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 489 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 199 (≈ 422.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lismore Road (BN21 3AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terminus Road, where police recorded 381 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seaside Road (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Trinity Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trinity Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cornfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bolton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bolton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bolton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shackleton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shackleton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shackleton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellesley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Longstone Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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