Total Crime Rate
85.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Old Hastings , and the 140th highest crime rate of 285 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 Road (TN35 5LB) in the last 12 months was 85.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% lower than the Old Hastings average (107.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Road (TN35 5LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandown Road, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moscow Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hastings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lodge Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Old London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clive Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ann Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ann Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ann Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Bank Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandown Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sandown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandown Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moscow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moscow Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moscow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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