Total Crime Rate
305.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stockleigh Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 27th highest crime rate of 285 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 Stockleigh Road (TN38 0JP) in the last 12 months was 305.6 per 1,000 residents and was 128.7% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 146.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stockleigh Road (TN38 0JP), 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 | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | East Ascent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gensing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercatoria | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Mercatoria | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cardiff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardiff Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Ascent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Ascent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Ascent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carisbrooke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stockleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
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