Total Crime Rate

669.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 669.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 304.8 10/10
  • Public order 79.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 57.1 10/10
  • Drugs 50.8 10/10
  • Other theft 38.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 25.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 12.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tideswell Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 13th highest crime rate of 328 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 3SP) in the last 12 months was 669.8 per 1,000 residents and was 207.7% higher than the Devonshire average (217.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 131 (≈ 415.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tideswell Road (BN21 3SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 183 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seaside Road (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tideswell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belmore Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Belmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lismore Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Susan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Susan'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Susan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Susan'S Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Susan'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Susan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Susan'S Road
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ceylon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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