Total Crime Rate
87.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St James Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Braybrooke , and the 141st highest crime rate of 289 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 St James Road (TN34 3LH) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 56.8% higher than the Braybrooke average (55.6 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St James Road (TN34 3LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterworks Road, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stonefield Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Braybrooke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sherwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethune Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quarry Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stonefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterworks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hughenden Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hughenden Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hughenden Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Milward Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milward Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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