Postcode district · Bexhill-on-Sea
Crime in TN40
How much crime is recorded in TN40, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Rother
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 24,039 (2024)
TN40Postcode district · Bexhill-on-Sea
How safe is TN40
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in TN40, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
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).
TN40National
Violence and sexual offences24.523.6
Anti-social behaviour16.610.7
Shoplifting15.98.4
Public order5.84.6
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Burglary5.49.1
Other theft3.94.5
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Other crime1.41.5
Drugs1.32.4
Robbery1.01.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.