Total Crime Rate
73.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackwater Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackwater Road (BN21 4JD) in the last 12 months was 73.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackwater Road (BN21 4JD), 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.
View Crime In Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jevington Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jevington Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jevington Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jevington Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jevington Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jevington Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jevington Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jevington Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Howard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cornfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
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