Total Crime Rate

73.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Blackwater Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Compton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Compton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Jevington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jevington Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jevington Gardens —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Compton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hyde Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hyde Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornfield Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Howard Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cornfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Street —

Data Sources

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