Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cornwall Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Bexhill Central , and the 50th highest crime rate of 306 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 Cornwall Road (TN39 3JW) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower than the Bexhill Central average (188.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cornwall Road (TN39 3JW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 149 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cornwall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albany Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Buckhurst Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Linden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sackville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sackville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sackville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sackville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sackville Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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