Total Crime Rate

80.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sedgewick Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 81st highest crime rate of 306 local areas in Rother .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sedgewick Road (TN40 2DA) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sedgewick Road (TN40 2DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buxton Drive, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sedgewick Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sedgewick Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Maberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakehams Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A269 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bargate Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidley Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidley Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wakehams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ringwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St David'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St James' Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Maberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Havelock Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St James' Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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