Total Crime Rate
326.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Place 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 Cavendish Place (BN21 3JB) 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 Cavendish Place (BN21 3JB), the main crime hotspot is near Ceylon Place. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ceylon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ceylon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ceylon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ceylon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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