Total Crime Rate
32.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leslie Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 81st lowest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leslie Street (BN22 8JB) in the last 12 months was 32.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.6% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leslie Street (BN22 8JB), 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 | Burglary | Hoad Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leslie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanover Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redoubt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sheen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redoubt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cambridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Firle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmore Road | Local resolution |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Redoubt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barden Road | Under investigation |
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