Crime Statistics for Pebsham, Bexhill, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 99 street level crime incidents in Pebsham in March 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 Pebsham, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	41
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Shoplifting	10
Burglary	8
Other Theft	7
Public Order	5
Vehicle Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	99

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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 Pebsham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sidley (1.39 miles)	268
Hollington (2.63 miles)	262
St Leonards (1.96 miles)	228
Bexhill (1.86 miles)	218
Harley Shute (1.39 miles)	107
Pebsham	99
Bulverhythe (0.62 miles)	58
Watermill (2.63 miles)	21
Green Street (1.86 miles)	8
Crowhurst (2.56 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Pebsham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hollington	108
St Leonards	98
Sidley	90
Bexhill	66
Harley Shute	42
Pebsham	41
Bulverhythe	18
Watermill	12
Crowhurst	6
Green Street	5

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

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 Pebsham 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 Pebsham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Pebsham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Pebsham is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central St Leonards	85
2	West St Leonards	76
3	Bexhill Central	69
4	Bexhill Sidley	68
5	Wishing Tree	64
6	Maze Hill	63
7	Bexhill Sackville	53
8	Bexhill St Stephens	44
9	Bexhill Old Town & Worsham	29
10	Bexhill Pebsham & St Michaels	21
11	Bexhill Kewhurst	12

Which road in Pebsham has the highest level of crime?

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