Total Crime Rate
303.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
160.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Latimer Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 35th 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 Latimer Road (BN22 7DN) in the last 12 months was 303.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% higher than the Devonshire average (208.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 160.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Latimer Road (BN22 7DN), 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.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redoubt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swan Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Swan Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redoubt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redoubt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redoubt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redoubt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redoubt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cambridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sheen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sheen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
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