Total Crime Rate

410.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 410.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 125.8 10/10
  • Other theft 47.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Burglary 15.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Cavendish Place 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 Cavendish Place (BN21 3JA) 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 Cavendish Place (BN21 3JA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartington Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Hartington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ceylon Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ceylon Place —

Data Sources

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