Total Crime Rate
222.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marina area has the 9th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 38th 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 Marina (TN38 0BU) in the last 12 months was 222.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.3% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 92.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marina (TN38 0BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kenilworth Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stockleigh Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central St Leonards| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardiff Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Quarry Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stockleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stockleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shepherd Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shepherd Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gensing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Silchester Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Silchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cardiff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mews Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Maze Hill Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quarry Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercatoria | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rothsay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undercliff | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenilworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | East Ascent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Ascent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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