Total Crime Rate

463.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 463.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 165.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 105.7 10/10
  • Burglary 43.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.5 10/10
  • Public order 33.5 10/10
  • Other theft 28.4 10/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
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

This area has the 10th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (BN21 3DH) in the last 12 months was 463.9 per 1,000 residents and was 113.1% higher than the Devonshire average (217.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 208.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode BN21 3DH, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 183 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.

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Crime Over Time in BN21 3DH area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Harris Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lion Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Susan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Gardens
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pevensey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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