Total Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 83.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 9/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

New Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 127th 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 New Road (BN22 8BT) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (BN22 8BT), the main crime hotspot is near Ceylon Place. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/115)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leaf Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Hoad Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hoad Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Apr 2026Drugs Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willowfield Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willowfield Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Willowfield Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Willowfield Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willowfield Square —
Apr 2026Other crime Shackleton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sheen Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sheen Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tideswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Tideswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Harris Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Bourne Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

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