Total Crime Rate
425.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
202.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 17th 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 North Street (TN38 0EX) in the last 12 months was 425.5 per 1,000 residents and was 218.5% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 202.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Street (TN38 0EX), 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.
View Crime In Central St Leonards| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Silchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Silchester Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carisbrooke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenilworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laser Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laser Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Laser Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shepherd Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stockleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grand Parade | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothsay Road | Under investigation |
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