Total Crime Rate

143.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Burglary 14.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 4/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Andrews Square area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Andrews Square (TN34 1SR) in the last 12 months was 143.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% lower than the Castle average (342.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Andrews Square (TN34 1SR), 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Andrews Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Terrace
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mann Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterworks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterworks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterworks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterworks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethune Way
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Havelock Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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