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Overview of Rother crime rate

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The crime level in Rother is low.

Standing 21st among 25 neighboring districts for crime statistics, Rother reported 6,788 incidents in 2023. With a population of 93,110, this equates to a 72.9 per 1,000 people crime rate, marking a 6.73% increase from the previous year.

The most common crime types in Rother include Violence and sexual offences (37.4%), Anti-social behaviour (14.1%), and Criminal damage and arson (11.8%), while the least frequent are Bicycle theft (0.4%), Robbery (0.3%), and Theft from the person (0.3%).

Among the 21 wards in Rother, those with the highest crime rates include Bexhill Central (178.5), Bexhill Sidley (124.4), Bexhill Sackville (119.0), whereas the safest wards are Northern Rother (36.9), Brede & Udimore (34.6), Southern Rother (29.4).

Looking at postcode districts within Rother, TN34 (155.8), TN37 (123.6), and TN40 (109.6) have the highest crime rates. The safest postcode districts are TN5 (44.6), TN19 (41.5), TN36 (39.5).

In Rother, there was an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 7.01% in 2020, Criminal damage and arson by 1.51% in 2022, Shoplifting by 1.95% in 2023, and Violence and sexual offences by 2.57% in 2021 and 1.96% in 2023. On the flip side, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 3.44% in 2021 and 11.92% in 2022, Burglary by 2.39% in 2021, Shoplifting by 1.67% in 2020, and Violence and sexual offences by 1.65% in 2020.

Rother crime incidents by crime type

A total of 6788 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 2537 (37.4)%
Anti-social behaviour – 958 (14.1)%
Criminal damage and arson – 801 (11.8)%
Public order – 663 (9.8)%
Other theft – 426 (6.3)%
Shoplifting – 389 (5.7)%
Vehicle crime – 348 (5.1)%
Burglary – 313 (4.6)%
Other crime – 120 (1.8)%
Drugs – 108 (1.6)%
Possession of weapons – 57 (0.8)%
Bicycle theft – 24 (0.4)%
Robbery – 23 (0.3)%
Theft from the person – 21 (0.3)%

How does Rother compare against nearby areas ?

Rother ranks 21st when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

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Crime rates in Rother wards

There are 21 wards within Rother. Bexhill Central, Bexhill Sidley, Bexhill Sackville has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 21 wards from high crime rate to low.