Total Crime Rate
335.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cavendish Place area has the 13th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 28th 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 Cavendish Place (BN21 3TZ) in the last 12 months was 335.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 128.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Place (BN21 3TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terminus Road, where police recorded 381 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.
View Crime In Devonshire| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shackleton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shackleton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
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