Crime Rates at Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-sea, TN40 2HH

Hastings Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 22nd 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 Hastings Road (TN40 2HH) in the last 12 months was 176.2 per 1,000 residents and was 237.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 183.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 86.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 219.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hastings Road (TN40 2HH), the main crime hotspot is near Gleneagles Close. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.