Total Crime Rate
507.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
256.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bourne Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 18th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bourne Street (BN21 3RY) in the last 12 months was 507.7 per 1,000 residents and was 143.9% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 256.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bourne Street (BN21 3RY), the main crime hotspot is near Ceylon Place. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Willowfield Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowfield Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cavendish Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoad Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hoad Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willowfield Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willowfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willowfield Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sheen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Firle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmore Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elms Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beltring Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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