Total Crime Rate

425.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

202.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 425.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 202.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 78.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.3 10/10
  • Public order 42.6 10/10
  • Robbery 39.0 10/10
  • Other theft 35.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.4 10/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Alfred 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 Alfred Street (TN38 0HD) 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 Alfred Street (TN38 0HD), 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 Alfred Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saxon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stockleigh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2026Anti-social behaviour King'S Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Carisbrooke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kenilworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kenilworth Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King'S Road
Apr 2026Burglary King'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laser Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laser Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Laser Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shepherd Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stockleigh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grand Parade Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Shepherd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothsay Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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