Total Crime Rate
148.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitefriars Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 71st highest crime rate of 285 local areas in Hastings .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitefriars Road (TN34 3LA) in the last 12 months was 148.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitefriars Road (TN34 3LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ore Valley Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Pleasant Road (19 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 | Ore Valley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mary'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Mary'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plynlimmon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Collier Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nelson Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milward Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mount Pleasant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ore Valley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ore Valley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St George'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ore Valley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ore Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Emmanuel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ore Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ore Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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