Total Crime Rate

77.5 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 77.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.6 8/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Badlesmere Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Devonshire , and the 134th highest crime rate of 328 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 Badlesmere Road (BN22 8TL) in the last 12 months was 77.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Badlesmere Road (BN22 8TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Badlesmere Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hunloke Avenue (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Badlesmere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Astaire Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astaire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hunloke Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willard Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astaire Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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