Total Crime Rate
504.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
220.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Commercial 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.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lushington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terminus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terminus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terminus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Connaught Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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