Total Crime Rate
19.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Walpole Walk area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Langney , and the 38th lowest crime rate of 326 local areas in Eastbourne .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Walpole Walk (BN23 7TH) in the last 12 months was 19.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% lower than the Langney average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walpole Walk (BN23 7TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Close Twentyfour, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Close Six (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgar Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walton Close | — |
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