Total Crime Rate

154.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 154.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 82.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.2 6/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Langney Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 58th 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 Langney Road (BN21 3QD) in the last 12 months was 154.6 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Langney Road (BN21 3QD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Langney Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/210)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Saddlers Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinity Trees Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seaside Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Shackleton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Trinity Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leaf Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trinity Trees —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinity Trees Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seaside Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Bourne Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seaside Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seaside Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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