Total Crime Rate
130.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holly Place area has the 16th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hampden Park , and the 75th 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 Holly Place (BN22 0UT) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the Hampden Park average (132.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holly Place (BN22 0UT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brodrick Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ash Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazelwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazelwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hazelwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fountains Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountains Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kirkstall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Malvern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkstall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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