Total Crime Rate
1064.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albert Road 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 Albert Road (TN34 1QT) 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 Albert Road (TN34 1QT), 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 (116 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Breeds Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Elford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | York Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Robertson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Robertson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Robertson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Robertson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mann Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Terrace | — |
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