Total Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.4 5/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Freeman Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hampden Park , and the 155th lowest crime rate of 328 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 Freeman Avenue (BN22 9NX) in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% lower than the Hampden Park average (141.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freeman Avenue (BN22 9NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Grove, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petworth Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Freeman Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howletts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Binsted Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glynde Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brodrick Close Local resolution
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Data Sources

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