Total Crime Rate

116.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Public order 21.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grange 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 Grange Road (BN21 4HA) 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 Grange Road (BN21 4HA), the main crime hotspot is near Ivy Terrace. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grange Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hyde Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ivy Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ivy Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ivy Terrace Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Terrace —
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gildredge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hyde Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Sheraton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sheraton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Blackwater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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