Rother crime rate
Overview of Rother crime rate
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).
Rother crime incidents 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 ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Rother is compared against
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.
List of all 21 wards from high crime rate to low.
Analyze trends and crime types for Rother wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Rother
There are 15 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Rother. Highest crime rates in TN34, TN37, TN40 .
- TN34 – 155.8
- TN37 – 123.6
- TN40 – 109.6
- TN38 – 104.6
- TN39 – 79.3
- TN31 – 74.9
- TN35 – 66.5
- TN18 – 64.5
- TN33 – 63.6
- BN24 – 53.8
- TN32 – 51.5
- TN21 – 46.6
- TN5 – 44.6
- TN19 – 41.5
- TN36 – 39.5
Postcode districts in Rother
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