Total Crime Rate

109.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 14.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Latimer Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 96th highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Latimer Road (BN22 7DE) in the last 12 months was 109.2 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% lower than the Devonshire average (208.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Latimer Road (BN22 7DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheen Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Latimer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redoubt Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hanover Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hanover Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hanover Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sheen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Cambridge Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Swan Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Swan Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barden Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barden Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Barden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Redoubt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St James Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Redoubt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Redoubt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redoubt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redoubt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Halton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Leslie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Springfield Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sheen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sheen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sheen Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sheen Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sheen Road

Data Sources

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