Total Crime Rate

120.2 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 120.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 9/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sidley Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 306 local areas in Rother .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sidley Street (TN39 5BQ) in the last 12 months was 120.2 per 1,000 residents and was 130.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sidley Street (TN39 5BQ), 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 Sidley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ringwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wakehams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakehams Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sidley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidley Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claremont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Claremont 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
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Preston Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Close
Sep 2025Robbery Festival Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buckholt Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edmonton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Claremont Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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