Total Crime Rate

205.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 205.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.2 9/10
  • Other theft 35.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.3 10/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

The Mount area has the 14th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 46th highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Mount (TN38 0HR) in the last 12 months was 205.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 75.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Mount (TN38 0HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marina, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pevensey Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Mount area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caple Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marina Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Maze Hill —
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Maze Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kenilworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Boscobel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscobel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscobel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pevensey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marina Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maze Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marina Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marina —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Archery Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quarry Hill —
Sep 2025Other theft Quarry Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highlands Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quarry Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Marina Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Uplands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Undercliff Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Drugs West Ascent Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caple Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rothsay Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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