Total Crime Rate

82.0 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 82.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Clifton Rise area has the 21st highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 76th highest crime rate of 306 local areas in Rother .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Rise (TN40 2JW) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.0% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifton Rise (TN40 2JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tiverton Drive, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clifton Rise area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Walk —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wineham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Finches —
Sep 2025Drugs Clifton Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nazareth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chapel Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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