Total Crime Rate
416.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartington Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 24th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hartington Place (BN21 3BW) in the last 12 months was 416.7 per 1,000 residents and was 98.7% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 121.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartington Place (BN21 3BW), 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 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cavendish Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elms Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elms Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cornfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Tideswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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