Total Crime Rate

106.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 106.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Key West area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Sovereign , and the 97th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Key West (BN23 5TD) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% higher than the Sovereign average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Key West (BN23 5TD), the main crime hotspot is near Bermuda Place. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Key West area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Antigua Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Daytona Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Key West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Galveston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bermuda Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bermuda Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bermuda Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barbuda Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sovereign Harbour —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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