Total Crime Rate

70.4 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 70.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Kingfisher Drive area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Langney , and the 151st highest 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 Kingfisher Drive (BN23 7RE) in the last 12 months was 70.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingfisher Drive (BN23 7RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jasmine Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lapwing Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingfisher Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Chaffinch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaffinch Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harebell Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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