Total Crime Rate
107.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 106th highest crime rate of 285 local areas in Hastings .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (TN34 1RU) in the last 12 months was 107.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode TN34 1RU, 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Milward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nelson Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | 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 | Shoplifting | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Hill Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonefield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stonefield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stonefield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stonefield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Hill Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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