Total Crime Rate

557.1 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 557.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 307.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Public order 42.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Brassey Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Bexhill Central , and the 3rd 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 Brassey Road (TN40 1LE) in the last 12 months was 557.1 per 1,000 residents and was 195.9% higher than the Bexhill Central average (188.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -84.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 200.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brassey Road (TN40 1LE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Brassey Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolebrooke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Jameson Mews Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jameson Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Sea Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sea Road
Sep 2025Other theft Devonshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Endwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel View East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolebrooke Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolebrooke Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolebrooke Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Road

Data Sources

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