Total Crime Rate

159.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 159.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.9 10/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mount Pleasant Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Old Hastings , and the 71st highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Pleasant Road (TN34 3SN) in the last 12 months was 159.4 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% higher than the Old Hastings average (104.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 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 ( 325.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 83.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 162.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant Road (TN34 3SN), the main crime hotspot is near Mount Pleasant Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mount Pleasant Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Turing Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bembrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitefriars Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ore —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitefriars Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turing Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Broomgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broomgrove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomgrove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomgrove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Thomas'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parker Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Emmanuel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Emmanuel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Emmanuel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emmanuel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gladstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitefriars Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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