Total Crime Rate

101.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Belle Hill area has the 18th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 60th 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 Belle Hill (TN40 2AP) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 93.7% higher than the Bexhill Old Town & Worsham average (52.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Belle Hill (TN40 2AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Sea Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garden Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bexhill Old Town & Worsham

Crime Over Time in Belle Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookham Dene Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millfield Rise —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookham Dene Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jacobs Acre Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jacobs Acre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Sea Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St David'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boswell Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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