Total Crime Rate
199.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Braybrooke , and the 47th 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 Church Road (TN37 6HD) in the last 12 months was 199.3 per 1,000 residents and was 212.0% higher than the Braybrooke average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 375.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (TN37 6HD), the main crime hotspot is near Bohemy Fields. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gensing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Southwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Chapel Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chapel Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chapel Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Road | — |
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