Total Crime Rate

447.4 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 447.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 140.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.3 10/10
  • Public order 39.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 39.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.1 10/10
  • Other theft 35.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.2 10/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.8 8/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • 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

Devonshire Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Bexhill Central , and the 5th 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 Devonshire Road (TN40 1HG) in the last 12 months was 447.4 per 1,000 residents and was 137.6% higher than the Bexhill Central average (188.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 153.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Devonshire Road (TN40 1HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sea Road, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Devonshire Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albany Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookham Dene Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Jameson Mews Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookham Dene Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel View East Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jameson Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Linden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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