Crime · Eastbourne

Reported crime in Eastbourne

Name: Eastbourne crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

14,851 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 143 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

14,851

Rate / 1,000

143

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,468	30%
Anti social behaviour	3,343	23%
Shoplifting	2,269	15%
Public order	1,064	7%
Criminal damage and arson	971	7%
Other theft	672	5%
Drugs	549	4%
Vehicle crime	433	3%
Burglary	289	2%
Other crime	240	2%
Robbery	184	1%
Possession of weapons	168	1%
Bicycle theft	111	1%
Theft from the person	90	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	354	337	373	374	355	320	397	358	398	395	420	387	4468
Anti social behaviour	192	195	214	173	205	249	281	324	369	374	384	383	3343
Shoplifting	149	175	239	151	186	173	253	198	208	168	194	175	2269
Public order	81	91	72	71	64	73	99	87	112	88	114	112	1064
Criminal damage and arson	60	74	83	72	80	68	96	71	100	77	100	90	971
Other theft	60	50	57	53	47	44	57	54	53	63	69	65	672
Drugs	62	62	57	52	38	46	45	38	36	30	33	50	549
Vehicle crime	20	28	35	36	41	45	26	34	33	33	68	34	433
Burglary	26	19	18	24	27	26	27	25	20	21	29	27	289
Other crime	19	17	15	11	22	21	32	22	17	22	18	24	240
Robbery	11	15	5	20	16	14	15	20	16	14	22	16	184
Possession of weapons	17	12	13	19	16	11	14	15	12	14	16	9	168
Bicycle theft	9	15	4	7	7	5	12	9	8	13	12	10	111
Theft from the person	6	2		10	8	7	4	6	12	10	12	13	90
Total	1066	1092	1185	1073	1112	1102	1358	1261	1394	1322	1491	1395	14851

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Eastbourne, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 104,026.