Total Crime Rate

113.6 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 113.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Public order 17.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Drugs 4.9 6/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Glovers Lane area has the 17th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 57th highest crime rate of 306 local areas in Rother .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Glovers Lane (TN39 5AJ) in the last 12 months was 113.6 per 1,000 residents and was 117.5% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -78.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glovers Lane (TN39 5AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sidley Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Glovers Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elderwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claremont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Glenburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingrams Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Preston Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elderwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakehams Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claremont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glovers Lane
Sep 2025Robbery Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wakehams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ringwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sidley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidley Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buckholt Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidley Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidley Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Public order Glovers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glovers Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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