Total Crime Rate

116.8 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 116.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Buxton Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 48th highest crime rate of 306 local areas in Rother .

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 Buxton Drive (TN39 4AT) in the last 12 months was 116.8 per 1,000 residents and was 123.6% higher than the Bexhill Old Town & Worsham average (52.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buxton Drive (TN39 4AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near London Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buxton Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft A269 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Havelock Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Calgary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edmonton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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