Crime Statistics for Blacklands, Hastings, East Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Blacklands, Hastings

There were a total of 467 street level crime incidents in Blacklands in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blacklands, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime145
Anti Social Behaviour77
Criminal Damage Arson60
Shoplifting44
Public Order36
Other Theft28
Vehicle Crime22
Drugs18
Other Crime10
Burglary10
Theft From The Person6
Bicycle Theft5
Possession Of Weapons4
Robbery2
All Crime467

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blacklands. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Blacklands

We've taken the ten nearest places to Blacklands and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Blacklands has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Blacklands467
Hastings467
Bohemia (0.62 miles)385
Broomsgrove (0.62 miles)356
Belmont (1.24 miles)300
Hollington (1.39 miles)228
St Leonards (1.39 miles)188
Baldslow (2.24 miles)128
Bachelor’s Bump (2.23 miles)121
Harley Shute (1.96 miles)57

12.08%
of Braybrooke residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blacklands?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Blacklands and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Blacklands145
Hastings145
Bohemia131
Broomsgrove114
Belmont103
Hollington88
St Leonards73
Baldslow59
Bachelor’s Bump52
Harley Shute30

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blacklands?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Blacklands to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Blacklands compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blacklands and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Blacklands is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Castle86
2Central St Leonards85
3Gensing82
4Tressell76
5Old Hastings76
6Hollington66
7Wishing Tree64
8Maze Hill63
9Braybrooke60
10Silverhill49
11St Helens37

Which road in Blacklands has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Blacklands with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Kathleen Close.

Last updated: January 2024
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