Total Crime Rate
116.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Furness Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 86th 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 Furness Road (BN21 4EY) in the last 12 months was 116.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower than the Meads average (227.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Furness Road (BN21 4EY), the main crime hotspot is near Station Street. Police recorded 260 crimes here, including 141 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sheraton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sheraton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blackwater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ivy Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ivy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ivy Terrace | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
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