Total Crime Rate

118.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gensing Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 285 local areas in Hastings .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gensing Road (TN38 0ES) in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gensing Road (TN38 0ES), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gensing Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/87)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saxon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shepherd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Shepherd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shepherd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Shepherd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shepherd Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shepherd Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Silchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Silchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Silchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Silchester Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Silchester Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Silchester Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gensing Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercatoria Local resolution
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Mercatoria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Ascent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Ascent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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