Total Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wishing Tree Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gensing , and the 116th lowest crime rate of 285 local areas in Hastings .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wishing Tree Road (TN38 9LB) in the last 12 months was 65.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% lower than the Gensing average (202.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wishing Tree Road (TN38 9LB), the main crime hotspot is near Redgeland Rise. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wishing Tree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Slides | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redgeland Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redgeland Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redgeland Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Slides | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Slides | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redgeland Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Swallow Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wishing Tree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wishing Tree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westmoreland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmoreland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wishing Tree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redgeland Rise | — |
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