Crime Statistics for Bexhill, Rother, East Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Bexhill, Rother

There were a total of 184 street level crime incidents in Bexhill in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bexhill, 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 Crime67
Shoplifting27
Anti Social Behaviour26
Criminal Damage Arson22
Public Order13
Vehicle Crime9
Burglary7
Other Theft4
Other Crime3
Possession Of Weapons3
Drugs1
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime184

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 Bexhill. 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 Bexhill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Sidley (0.88 miles)211
Bexhill184
Pebsham (1.86 miles)64
Bulverhythe (2.48 miles)23
Watermill (1.86 miles)20
Cooden (1.39 miles)20
Little Common (1.39 miles)20
Gotham (1.96 miles)9
Russell’s Green (2.63 miles)1
Green Street (2.63 miles)0

6.78%
of Bexhill Kewhurst residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bexhill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Sidley90
Bexhill67
Pebsham22
Cooden7
Little Common7
Watermill6
Bulverhythe3
Gotham3
Russell’s Green1
Green Street0

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

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 Bexhill 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 Bexhill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1West St Leonards76
2Bexhill Central69
3Bexhill Sidley68
4Maze Hill63
5Bexhill Sackville53
6Bexhill St Stephens44
7Bexhill Old Town & Worsham29
8Bexhill Pebsham & St Michaels21
9Bexhill Collington20
10Bexhill Kewhurst12
11Bexhill St Marks12

Which road in Bexhill has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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