Postcode · Bexhill-on-Sea
Crime in TN40 9SA
How much crime is recorded in TN40 9SA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bexhill Central
- Council
- Rother
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,234 (2024)
TN40 9SABexhill-on-Sea
How safe is TN40 9SA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 31.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN40 9SA area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
31.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
97
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
TN40 9SANational
Shoplifting26.78.4
Violence and sexual offences24.223.6
Anti-social behaviour18.910.7
Burglary8.69.1
Public order7.24.6
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Other theft4.54.5
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Robbery1.71.4
Drugs1.42.4
Other crime1.31.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.