Total Crime Rate

102.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 102.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.6 7/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rock Close area has the 28th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Baird , and the 117th 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 Rock Close (TN35 4JW) in the last 12 months was 102.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rock Close (TN35 4JW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rock Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rye Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winchelsea Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rye Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Winchelsea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Montgomery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Rock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rye Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rye Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rye Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rye Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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