Total Crime Rate
93.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milward Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Castle , and the 124th 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 Milward Road (TN34 3RY) in the last 12 months was 93.1 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milward Road (TN34 3RY), the main crime hotspot is near Waterworks Road. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hastings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Collier Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonefield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterworks Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Waterworks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonefield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stonefield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stonefield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwallis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Hill Road | Under investigation |
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