Total Crime Rate
410.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cantelupe 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 Cantelupe Road (TN40 1JG) 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 Cantelupe Road (TN40 1JG), the main crime hotspot is near Sea Road. Police recorded 174 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bexhill Sackville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Endwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonards Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Leonards Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middlesex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brassey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Close | — |
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