Total Crime Rate
1574.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Station Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Meads , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Station Street (BN21 4RG) in the last 12 months was 1574.3 per 1,000 residents and was 591.9% 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 233 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 148.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 320 (≈ 914.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Station Street (BN21 4RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terminus Road, where police recorded 381 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 | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildredge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildredge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildredge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gildredge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bolton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonard'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Leonard'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bolton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cornfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
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