Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Avondale Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 77th 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 Avondale Road (BN22 8JN) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% lower than the Devonshire average (208.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avondale Road (BN22 8JN), 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 | Public order | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beltring Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sheen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheen 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 | 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 | Bourne Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bourne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moy Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willowfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmore Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willowfield Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Firle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willowfield Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kerrara Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | β |
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