Total Crime Rate
95.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pinewood Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hampden Park , and the 107th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pinewood Close (BN22 0SA) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower than the Hampden Park average (132.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pinewood Close (BN22 0SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pinewood Close (15 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 | Broom Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tamarack Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jordans Lane East | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Willingdon Park Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinewood Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pinewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chelworth Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maplehurst Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinewood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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