Total Crime Rate
151.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Buckhurst Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Bexhill Central , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 306 local areas in Rother .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckhurst Road (TN40 1FD) in the last 12 months was 151.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% lower than the Bexhill Central average (188.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckhurst Road (TN40 1FD), the main crime hotspot is near Sea Road. Police recorded 231 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bexhill Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Endwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rotherfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millfield Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Jameson Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jameson Mews | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jameson Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jameson Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jameson Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jameson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Sea Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookham Dene | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
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