Total Crime Rate

154.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 154.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.3 9/10
  • Drugs 15.1 9/10
  • Other crime 12.1 10/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ashford Square area has the 25th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 60th highest crime rate of 328 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 Ashford Square (BN21 3TX) in the last 12 months was 154.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashford Square (BN21 3TX), the main crime hotspot is near Terminus Road. Police recorded 381 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ashford Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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