Crime Rates at Shepherd Street, St. Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET

Shepherd Street 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 Shepherd Street (TN38 0ET) 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 Shepherd Street (TN38 0ET), 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.