Total Crime Rate
323.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
140.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lushington Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 30th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lushington Road (BN21 4LG) in the last 12 months was 323.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% higher than the Meads average (209.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 140.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lushington Road (BN21 4LG), 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.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mark Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildredge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gildredge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gildredge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mark Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mark Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mark Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mark Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mark Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mark Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildredge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wish Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wish Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wish Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chiswick Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ivy Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Street | Under investigation |
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