Crime Statistics for Broomsgrove, Hastings, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 333 street level crime incidents in Broomsgrove in February 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 Broomsgrove, 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	110
Anti Social Behaviour	66
Criminal Damage Arson	38
Shoplifting	27
Public Order	27
Other Theft	19
Vehicle Crime	13
Drugs	9
Robbery	5
Possession Of Weapons	5
Other Crime	5
Burglary	4
Theft From The Person	4
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	333

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Broomsgrove. 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 Broomsgrove

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blacklands (0.62 miles)	426
Hastings (0.62 miles)	426
Bohemia (1.24 miles)	368
Broomsgrove	333
Belmont (0.62 miles)	275
Hollington (1.96 miles)	222
St Leonards (1.96 miles)	156
Bachelor’s Bump (1.75 miles)	102
Harley Shute (2.55 miles)	51
Friar’s Hill (2.63 miles)	22

Where are the most violent places near Broomsgrove?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bohemia	149
Blacklands	146
Hastings	146
Broomsgrove	110
Hollington	94
Belmont	92
St Leonards	72
Bachelor’s Bump	45
Harley Shute	23
Friar’s Hill	14

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

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 Broomsgrove 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 Broomsgrove compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broomsgrove and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Broomsgrove is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	86
2	Central St Leonards	85
3	Gensing	82
4	Baird	79
5	Tressell	76
6	Old Hastings	76
7	Ore	69
8	Wishing Tree	64
9	Braybrooke	60
10	Silverhill	49
11	St Helens	37

Which road in Broomsgrove has the highest level of crime?

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