Total Crime Rate
594.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Seaside Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 17th 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 Seaside Road (BN21 3ET) in the last 12 months was 594.8 per 1,000 residents and was 173.3% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 260.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 306.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seaside Road (BN21 3ET), the main crime hotspot is near Seaside Road. Police recorded 174 crimes here, including 102 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Devonshire| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Aubyn'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaf Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Queens Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Queens Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queens Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Leaf Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pevensey Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pevensey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leaf Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colonnade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sheen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sheen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cavendish Place | Local resolution |
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