Total Crime Rate
410.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pevensey Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 25th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pevensey Road (BN21 3HR) in the last 12 months was 410.2 per 1,000 residents and was 88.4% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -8.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 161.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pevensey Road (BN21 3HR), 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 Devonshire| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Seaside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Trinity Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trinity Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
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