Total Crime Rate
310.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tideswell Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 34th 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 3RH) in the last 12 months was 310.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 125.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tideswell Road (BN21 3RH), 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 | Ceylon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bourne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dursley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queens Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queens Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queens Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queens Gardens | Offender given a caution |
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