Total Crime Rate
694.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
372.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grand Parade area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 12th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grand Parade (BN21 4DH) in the last 12 months was 694.6 per 1,000 residents and was 231.2% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 372.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grand Parade (BN21 4DH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elms Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elms Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elms Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lismore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Trees | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Trees | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Trees | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lismore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lismore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lismore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlington Place | — |
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