Total Crime Rate
154.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tideswell 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 Tideswell Road (BN21 3RF) 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 Tideswell Road (BN21 3RF), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonnade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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