Total Crime Rate

881.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 881.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 387.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 159.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.0 10/10
  • Public order 77.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 57.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.7 10/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.2 9/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Links Drive area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the highest crime rate of 306 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 Links Drive (TN40 1FB) in the last 12 months was 881.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1588.0% 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 Shoplifting with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 183.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Links Drive (TN40 1FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sutton Place, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tiverton Drive (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bexhill Old Town & Worsham

Crime Over Time in Links Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nazareth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penland Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Finches —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wineham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Clifton Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Place —
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Data Sources

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