Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

College 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 College Road (BN21 4HX) 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 College Road (BN21 4HX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in College Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/126)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gildredge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ivy Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hyde Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hyde Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hyde Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hyde Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ivy Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ivy Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ivy Terrace —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hyde Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ivy Terrace —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lushington Road —
Apr 2026Public order Connaught Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornfield Road —
Apr 2026Public order Cornfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hyde Gardens —
Apr 2026Public order Ivy Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Mark Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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