Total Crime Rate

1175.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 1175.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 466.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 175.7 10/10
  • Public order 162.2 10/10
  • Other theft 81.1 10/10
  • Drugs 54.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.3 10/10
  • Robbery 47.3 10/10
  • Other crime 33.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 27.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.0 10/10
  • Burglary 20.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.8 8/10
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

Seaside Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 7th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Seaside Road (BN21 3PD) in the last 12 months was 1175.7 per 1,000 residents and was 440.1% 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 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 689.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seaside Road (BN21 3PD), 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 Seaside Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harris Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burlington Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Harris Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Harris Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lismore Road
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 Pevensey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ceylon Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ceylon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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