Total Crime Rate

97.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 97.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Drugs 10.9 8/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • 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

Garden Cottages area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Old Hastings , and the 127th 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 Garden Cottages (TN34 3BQ) in the last 12 months was 97.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% lower than the Old Hastings average (104.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Cottages (TN34 3BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Bourne Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rock-A-Nore Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Cottages area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Bourne Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson All Saints Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Courthouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Courthouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Torfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Torfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ebenezer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Winding Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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