Total Crime Rate
421.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Battle Road area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gensing , and the 16th highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Battle Road (TN37 7AA) in the last 12 months was 421.2 per 1,000 residents and was 109.3% higher than the Gensing average (201.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 106.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Battle Road (TN37 7AA), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gensing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oban Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Menzies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Perth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Menzies Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Perth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Adelaide Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Adelaide Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Strood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duke Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rochester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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