Total Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Selmeston Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Braybrooke , and the 141st highest crime rate of 285 local areas in Hastings .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Selmeston Close (TN34 1TH) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% higher than the Braybrooke average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 80.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selmeston Close (TN34 1TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A2101, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winterbourne Close (4 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 | The Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Verdant Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dordrecht Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verdant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verdant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Verdant Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hopgarden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dordrecht Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pashley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dordrecht Way | Under investigation |
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