Total Crime Rate

103.6 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 103.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 100th 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 The Avenue (BN21 3FE) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% lower than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (β‰ˆ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (BN21 3FE), the main crime hotspot is near Station Street. Police recorded 260 crimes here, including 141 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hyde Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hyde Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Enys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Enys Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gildredge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bedford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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