Total Crime Rate
132.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Park 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 Chapel Park Road (TN37 6HR) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Chapel Park Road (TN37 6HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terrace Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Western Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gensing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Cham Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Cham Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | De Cham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | De Cham Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | St Catherine'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherine'S Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bohemia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Road | Under investigation |
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