Total Crime Rate
136.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Milward Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 88th 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 Milward Road (TN34 3RR) in the last 12 months was 136.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% lower than the Castle average (342.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 366.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milward Road (TN34 3RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 92 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 Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alpine Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Burglary | Queens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Elford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Breeds Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stonefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Castle Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castledown Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Milward Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milward Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milward Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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