Total Crime Rate

139.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.6 8/10
  • Other crime 19.0 10/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

St Margarets Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 86th highest crime rate of 289 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 St Margarets Road (TN37 6EH) in the last 12 months was 139.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher than the Central St Leonards average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Margarets Road (TN37 6EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A259, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eversfield Place (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Margarets Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft St Margaret'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Cloisters Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Warrior Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A259 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A259 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Margaret'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Margaret'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warrior Square Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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