Total Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.8 3/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Barrier Reef Way area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Sovereign , and the 146th 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 Barrier Reef Way (BN23 5PE) in the last 12 months was 53.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Sovereign average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barrier Reef Way (BN23 5PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Golden Gate Way, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hobart Quay (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barrier Reef Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Beach Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golden Gate Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Tasmania Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pevensey Bay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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