Total Crime Rate

287.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 287.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 128.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.3 10/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 15.4 6/10
  • Robbery 10.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Battle Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Ashdown , and the 28th 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 7AL) in the last 12 months was 287.2 per 1,000 residents and was 230.5% higher than the Ashdown average (86.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 164.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Battle Road (TN37 7AL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Battle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Rymill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bellingham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellingham Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellingham Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellingham Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Coventry Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Battle Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ormerod Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rymill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bellingham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollington Old Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollington Old Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollington Old Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Church Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hollington Old Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hollington Old Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rymill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ledsham Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ledsham Park —
Sep 2025Other crime Bellingham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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