Total Crime Rate
230.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 34th 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 Victoria Road (TN37 6ER) in the last 12 months was 230.2 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% higher than the Central St Leonards average (133.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 62.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (TN37 6ER), the main crime hotspot is near Saxon Street. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central St Leonards| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Margaret'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherine'S Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A259 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warrior Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A259 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Villa Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | De Cham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Cham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | De Cham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Cham Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Cham Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | β |
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