Total Crime Rate

95.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Winchcombe Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 112th highest crime rate of 328 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 Winchcombe Road (BN22 8DF) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% lower than the Devonshire average (217.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% 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 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Avenue (32 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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dursley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Western Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Western Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bourne Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Havelock Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wellesley Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belmore Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Belmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dursley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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