Total Crime Rate

96.0 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 96.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

James Walk area has the 19th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bexhill Old Town & Worsham , and the 64th 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 James Walk (TN40 2JZ) in the last 12 months was 96.0 per 1,000 residents and was 83.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around James Walk (TN40 2JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roundacres Way, where police recorded 21 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 James Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Walk —
Sep 2025Drugs Chapel Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penland Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundacres Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nazareth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clifton Rise Under investigation

Data Sources

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