Total Crime Rate
474.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
211.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seaside Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Seaside Road (BN21 3PP) in the last 12 months was 474.2 per 1,000 residents and was 127.8% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 211.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seaside Road (BN21 3PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terminus Road, where police recorded 258 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ceylon Place (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lion Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elms Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elms Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other crime | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lion Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cavendish Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Langney Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Langney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harris Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harris Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harris Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tideswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tideswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longstone Road | Under investigation |
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