Total Crime Rate
127.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026London Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bexhill Central , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Rother .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around London Road (TN39 3JU) in the last 12 months was 127.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Bexhill Central average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 81.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road (TN39 3JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sackville Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bexhill Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnside Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chepbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Amherst Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnside Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayencourt North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sackville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayencourt North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Belle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sackville Road | Under investigation |
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