Crime Statistics for Langney, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Langney in October 2024. There were a total of 538 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Langney, 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	160
Shoplifting	146
Anti Social Behaviour	62
Criminal Damage Arson	44
Public Order	36
Other Theft	28
Burglary	22
Vehicle Crime	12
Drugs	10
Other Crime	6
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	2
All Crime	538

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Langney. 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 Langney

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Langney	494
Hampden Park (1.24 miles)	265
Downside (2.19 miles)	180
Polegate (2.77 miles)	142
Mill Hill (1.86 miles)	81
Hankham (1.96 miles)	78
Meads (3.34 miles)	28
Foulride Green (2.55 miles)	25
Wannock (3.16 miles)	14
Beachlands (3.41 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Langney?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Langney	160
Hampden Park	112
Downside	41
Mill Hill	24
Hankham	23
Polegate	21
Meads	12
Foulride Green	12
Wannock	5
Beachlands	3

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

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 Langney 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 Langney compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Langney and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Langney is ranked #2.

#	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	Sovereign	27
9	Ratton	25
10	Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels	22
11	Upper Willingdon	20

Which road in Langney has the highest level of crime?

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