Total Crime Rate

54.8 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 54.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
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

Chaucer Walk area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Langney , and the 150th lowest crime rate of 328 local areas in Eastbourne .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chaucer Walk (BN23 7QT) in the last 12 months was 54.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Walk (BN23 7QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barrie Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Rising (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chaucer Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Close Eight Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Rising Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Close Twenty Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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