Total Crime Rate

157.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 157.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.4 9/10
  • Public order 19.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cantelupe Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Bexhill Central , and the 28th 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 Cantelupe Road (TN40 1NA) in the last 12 months was 157.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 102.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cantelupe Road (TN40 1NA), 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 Cantelupe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolebrooke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dorset Road South —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolebrooke Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolebrooke Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolebrooke Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolebrooke Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jameson Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Jameson Mews Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sea Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson De La Warr Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jameson Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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