Total Crime Rate

504.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

220.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 504.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 220.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 180.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 156.4 10/10
  • Public order 33.0 10/10
  • Other theft 26.4 10/10
  • Drugs 19.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 15.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 19th 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 Commercial Road (BN21 3XE) in the last 12 months was 504.4 per 1,000 residents and was 140.6% higher than the Meads average (209.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 220.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (BN21 3XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 336 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Street (119 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Station Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Station Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Station Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Station Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Station Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Station Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lushington Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Terminus Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Terminus Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Terminus Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornfield Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Connaught Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hyde Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hyde Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hyde Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hyde Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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