Total Crime Rate

180.3 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 71.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.6 10/10
  • Drugs 27.2 10/10
  • Public order 20.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Burglary 10.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Iden Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hampden Park , and the 51st 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 Iden Street (BN22 9HF) in the last 12 months was 180.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% higher than the Hampden Park average (132.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (β‰ˆ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Iden Street (BN22 9HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fletching Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Knoll Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Iden Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Midhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Penhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bodiam Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bodiam Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Iden Street Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Barnham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barnham Close β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Midhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penhurst Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Midhurst Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Midhurst Road β€”
Apr 2026Public order Knoll Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fletching Road β€”
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fletching Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletching Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penhurst Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bodiam Crescent β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cade Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cade Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lakelands Close β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dallington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lakelands Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Court Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Hydneye Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cade Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cade Street β€”

Data Sources

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