Crime Statistics for Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 115 street level crime incidents in Hampden Park in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hampden Park, 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	42
Criminal Damage Arson	17
Public Order	14
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Shoplifting	8
Other Theft	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Drugs	4
Other Crime	2
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	115

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 Hampden Park. 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 Hampden Park

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Langney (1.24 miles)	216
Hampden Park	115
Downside (1.34 miles)	112
Polegate (1.76 miles)	65
Hankham (1.96 miles)	40
Meads (3.11 miles)	36
Mill Hill (2.24 miles)	34
Foulride Green (1.39 miles)	29
Wannock (1.96 miles)	14
South Downs (2.77 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Hampden Park?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Langney	81
Hampden Park	42
Downside	42
Polegate	25
Foulride Green	15
Hankham	14
Mill Hill	10
Meads	8
Wannock	4
South Downs	2

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

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 Hampden Park 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 Hampden Park compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hampden Park and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hampden Park is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Devonshire	79
2	Langney	59
3	Hampden Park	56
4	St Anthony's	46
5	Upperton	44
6	Old Town	43
7	Polegate Central	32
8	Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill	31
9	Ratton	25
10	Lower Willingdon	23
11	Upper Willingdon	20

Which road in Hampden Park has the highest level of crime?

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