Total Crime Rate
79.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ingrams Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 74th highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Rother .
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 Ingrams Avenue (TN39 5AT) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% higher than the Bexhill Old Town & Worsham average (51.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ingrams Avenue (TN39 5AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sidley Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elderwood Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bexhill Sidley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Festival Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wakehams Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wakehams Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auckland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elderwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elderwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Festival Gardens | Under investigation |
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