Total Crime Rate
174.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mendip Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Baird , and the 59th highest crime rate of 289 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 Mendip Gardens (TN34 3QA) in the last 12 months was 174.3 per 1,000 residents and was 65.8% higher than the Baird average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 62.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mendip Gardens (TN34 3QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brendon Rise, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southdown Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Baird| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chiltern Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bannister Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brendon Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Cheviots | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Cheviots | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Cheviots | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mendip Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southdown Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southdown Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pennine Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pennine Rise | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepdene Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Deepdene Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Deepdene Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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