Total Crime Rate

13.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 13.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Wordsworth Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Langney , and the 18th lowest 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 Wordsworth Drive (BN23 7SW) in the last 12 months was 13.1 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Drive (BN23 7SW), 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 Wordsworth Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keymer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Close Twenty Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langney Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Langney Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Langney Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langney Rise —
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twenty Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Keymer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Close Three —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etchingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Etchingham Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twentyfour Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twentyfour Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Close Twentyfour Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Rising Under investigation
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Data Sources

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