Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Furness Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 95th 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 Furness Road (BN21 4EX) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% lower than the Meads average (209.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 52.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Furness Road (BN21 4EX), the main crime hotspot is near Station Street. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 119 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lushington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildredge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gildredge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gildredge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ivy Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ivy Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
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