Total Crime Rate
1064.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bank Buildings area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 4th highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bank Buildings (TN34 1NG) in the last 12 months was 1064.0 per 1,000 residents and was 210.3% higher 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 111 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 153 (≈ 466.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bank Buildings (TN34 1NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Havelock Road, where police recorded 209 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (123 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrews Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Claremont | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waldegrave Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Denmark Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrews Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrews Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Andrews Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrews Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwallis Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Portland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
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