Crime Rates at Pevensey Road, Eastbourne, BN21 3HR

Pevensey Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 29th highest crime rate of 326 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 326.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.8% higher than the Devonshire average (208.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 146.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% 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 258 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ceylon Place (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.