Total Crime Rate

336.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 336.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 161.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.9 10/10
  • Public order 25.9 10/10
  • Other theft 19.4 9/10
  • Burglary 16.2 10/10
  • Drugs 16.2 9/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Holmesdale Gardens area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .

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 Holmesdale Gardens (TN34 1LZ) in the last 12 months was 336.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% lower than the Castle average (342.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 197.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmesdale Gardens (TN34 1LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Robertson Street (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holmesdale Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robertson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oliver Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Braybrooke Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Braybrooke Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braybrooke Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hastings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Rock Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Rock
Sep 2025Public order White Rock Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Rock Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Verulam Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Rock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robertson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claremont Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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