Crime Rates at Sea Road, Bexhill-on-sea, TN40 1EE

Sea Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bexhill Central , and the 5th highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Rother .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sea Road (TN40 1EE) in the last 12 months was 410.4 per 1,000 residents and was 171.5% higher than the Bexhill Central average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 144 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sea Road (TN40 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sea Road, where police recorded 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devonshire Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.