Total Crime Rate

295.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 295.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.2 10/10
  • Public order 37.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.2 9/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lushington Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 328 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 Lane (BN21 4LS) in the last 12 months was 295.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 137.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lushington Lane (BN21 4LS), 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 Lushington Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lushington Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lushington Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lushington Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furness Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mark Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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