Total Crime Rate
1081.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
557.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seaside Road area has the highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 6th highest crime rate of 326 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 3PF) in the last 12 months was 1081.1 per 1,000 residents and was 419.3% 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 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 61.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 165 (≈ 557.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seaside Road (BN21 3PF), 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 | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Saddlers Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saddlers Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elms Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ceylon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cavendish Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Colonnade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colonnade Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colonnade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ceylon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ceylon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marine Parade | Awaiting court outcome |
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