Crime · Hastings

Reported crime in Hastings

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

13,485 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 142 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

13,485

Rate / 1,000

142

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,211	31%
Anti social behaviour	2,684	20%
Shoplifting	1,722	13%
Criminal damage and arson	1,005	7%
Public order	994	7%
Vehicle crime	724	5%
Other theft	679	5%
Drugs	373	3%
Burglary	360	3%
Other crime	255	2%
Possession of weapons	188	1%
Robbery	167	1%
Bicycle theft	72	1%
Theft from the person	51	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	325	341	299	306	320	279	316	363	365	414	468	415	4211
Anti social behaviour	170	183	133	103	141	171	229	271	297	298	376	312	2684
Shoplifting	140	172	120	121	153	148	193	151	144	90	105	185	1722
Criminal damage and arson	68	83	69	79	63	55	81	112	88	115	91	101	1005
Public order	97	87	92	50	59	82	63	90	100	93	98	83	994
Vehicle crime	33	46	51	42	67	40	51	44	67	66	131	86	724
Other theft	58	65	39	44	51	45	59	63	63	60	76	56	679
Drugs	30	28	27	35	38	29	34	28	35	20	31	38	373
Burglary	33	30	18	28	25	31	23	55	24	17	35	41	360
Other crime	16	17	12	24	22	20	19	32	26	16	33	18	255
Possession of weapons	12	11	11	11	16	15	25	22	17	11	16	21	188
Robbery	8	12	10	16	16	14	14	24	10	7	17	19	167
Bicycle theft	7	10	4	4	6		3	7	9	7	14	1	72
Theft from the person	1	5	2	2	5	1	6	10	7	1	7	4	51
Total	998	1090	887	865	982	930	1116	1272	1252	1215	1498	1380	13485

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Hastings, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 94,748.