Total Crime Rate
449.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avenue Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 328 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 Avenue Place (BN21 3RB) in the last 12 months was 449.3 per 1,000 residents and was 97.5% higher than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -90.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -90.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 229.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avenue Place (BN21 3RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 310 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Street (141 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Enys Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Enys Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | West Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ivy Terrace | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ivy Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildredge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eversfield Road | — |
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