Total Crime Rate
1243.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
503.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Castlehill Passage area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 4th highest crime rate of 285 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 Castlehill Passage (TN34 1PG) in the last 12 months was 1243.9 per 1,000 residents and was 240.1% higher than the Castle average (365.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 165 (≈ 503.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Castlehill Passage (TN34 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Havelock Road, where police recorded 208 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Place (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hastings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castledown Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mann Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mann Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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