Total Crime Rate
64.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartington Place area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 158th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hartington Place (BN21 3BJ) in the last 12 months was 64.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.3% lower than the Meads average (209.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartington Place (BN21 3BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 336 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Terminus Road (76 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cornfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harris Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harris Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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