Total Crime Rate

92.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Etchingham Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Langney , and the 114th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Etchingham Road (BN23 7DL) in the last 12 months was 92.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Langney average (116.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Etchingham Road (BN23 7DL), the main crime hotspot is near Etchingham Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Etchingham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twentyfour Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twentyfour Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Langney Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langney Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etchingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gainsborough Crescent —
Sep 2025Burglary Westerham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Westerham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twentyfour Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westerham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westerham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Keymer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Close Twenty Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langney Rise —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Langney Rise 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

Data Sources

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