Total Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.5 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Average

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 79.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 24.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Winchcombe Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 131st highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Winchcombe Road (BN22 8DF) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (β‰ˆ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winchcombe Road (BN22 8DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bourne Street, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Avenue (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Winchcombe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterworks Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashford Square β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dursley Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Havelock Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bourne Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Havelock Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Havelock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Abbotts Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winchcombe Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winchcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roborough Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leaf Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Havelock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Avenue β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Firle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Firle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Avenue β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longstone Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longstone Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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