Total Crime Rate

122.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Public order 20.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Mercatoria Place area has the 27th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 94th highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mercatoria Place (TN38 0DF) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% lower than the Central St Leonards average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mercatoria Place (TN38 0DF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mercatoria Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs West Ascent Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Western Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stockleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockleigh Road
Sep 2025Public order Western Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Western Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grand Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Uplands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Western Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cardiff Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laser Lane
Sep 2025Other theft Kenilworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rothsay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothsay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rothsay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rothsay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Public order Carisbrooke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Silchester Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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