Total Crime Rate
540.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
285.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tideswell Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 16th 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 Tideswell Road (BN21 3RG) in the last 12 months was 540.8 per 1,000 residents and was 159.8% 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 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 112 (≈ 285.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tideswell Road (BN21 3RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 336 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Terminus Road (76 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 | Seaside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Susan'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Langney Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Langney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leaf Road | — |
| 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 | Susan'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Susan'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Susan'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Susan'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Susan'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Susan'S Road | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashford Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lismore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lismore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tideswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tideswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lismore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bourne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shackleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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