Total Crime Rate
217.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Neville Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 41st highest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Neville Road (BN22 8HR) in the last 12 months was 217.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% higher than the Devonshire average (208.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 85.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Neville Road (BN22 8HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheen Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willowfield Square (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beltring Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willowfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dursley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hoad Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoad Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chawbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterworks Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowfield Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Willowfield Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willowfield Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ringwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willowfield Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moy Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sheen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moy Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Firle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leslie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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