Total Crime Rate
484.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
215.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Menzies Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hollington , and the 15th 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 Menzies Road (TN38 9BB) in the last 12 months was 484.2 per 1,000 residents and was 345.6% higher than the Hollington average (108.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 215.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Menzies Road (TN38 9BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wishing Tree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Horseshoe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Menzies Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonehouse Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehouse Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Menzies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Menzies Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
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