Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 115.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Saxby Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Langney , and the 87th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Saxby Close (BN23 7BH) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Langney average (116.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (β‰ˆ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Saxby Close (BN23 7BH), the main crime hotspot is near Hereward Road. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Saxby Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marina Walk β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hereward Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hereward Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hereward Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marina Walk β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slindon Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Slindon Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Keymer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Cliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Cliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hereward Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etchingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marina Walk β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Athelstan Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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