Total Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Path area has the 9th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 35th highest crime rate of 305 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 Chapel Path (TN40 2AA) in the last 12 months was 126.8 per 1,000 residents and was 148.1% higher than the Bexhill Old Town & Worsham average (51.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Path (TN40 2AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillside Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bexhill St Stephens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayencourt North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnside Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnside Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silvester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Amherst Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayencourt North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chepbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Belle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hunting Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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