Total Crime Rate
132.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 82nd 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 St Johns Road (TN37 6HN) in the last 12 months was 132.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower than the Central St Leonards average (133.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Road (TN37 6HN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 39 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 | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blomfield 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | De Cham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bohemia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Saxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Saxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Saxon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Saxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | — |
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