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

Blackwater 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 Blackwater Road (BN21 4JB) 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 Blackwater Road (BN21 4JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 345 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Street (141 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackwater Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Compton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furness Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cornfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hyde Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hyde Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gildredge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gildredge Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lushington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mark Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mark Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mark Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mark Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mark Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lushington Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lushington Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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