Total Crime Rate
263.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 30th 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 Queens Road (TN34 1RN) in the last 12 months was 263.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower than the Castle average (365.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 115.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (TN34 1RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterworks Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hastings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plynlimmon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castledown Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castle Hill Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
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