Total Crime Rate
107.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earl Street 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 Earl Street (TN34 1SG) 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 Earl Street (TN34 1SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Havelock Road, where police recorded 208 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (99 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Earl Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | South Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mann Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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