Total Crime Rate

233.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 233.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 55.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.9 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bexhill Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Central St Leonards , and the 36th highest crime rate of 289 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 Bexhill Road (TN38 0YX) in the last 12 months was 233.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 346.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bexhill Road (TN38 0YX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seaside Way, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Saviour'S Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bexhill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Saviour'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keymer Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seaside Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seaside Way —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Seaside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seaside Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keats Close —
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Data Sources

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