Total Crime Rate

95.5 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 95.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lanethorpe Crescent area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Eastbourne , and the 148th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lanethorpe Crescent (DL1 4SH) in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% higher than the Eastbourne average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (β‰ˆ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lanethorpe Crescent (DL1 4SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westminster Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holgate Moor Green (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lanethorpe Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Holgate Moor Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotherstone Moor Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Audrey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lynton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holgate Moor Green β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Lanethorpe Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Firthmoor Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Reeth Moor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ingleby Moor Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingleby Moor Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brignall Moor Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brignall Moor Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowmoor Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alston Moor Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowmoor Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Audrey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westminster Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Holgate Moor Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holgate Moor Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holgate Moor Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Holgate Moor Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westminster Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Westminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burnside Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harris Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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