Total Crime Rate
1175.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Seaside 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.
View Crime In Devonshire| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lismore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ceylon Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ceylon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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