Total Crime Rate
628.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hartington Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 16th 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 Hartington Place (BN21 3BW) in the last 12 months was 628.2 per 1,000 residents and was 176.1% higher than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartington Place (BN21 3BW), 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 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Susan'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Susan'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Susan'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Trees | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Howard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
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