Crime and policing

Crimes and anti-social behaviour reported to the police in Hastings, counted by ward and by the police's own categories, from September 2023 to August 2026, and each ward's neighbourhood police team: its priorities and meetings as the police list them.

These are crimes, and incidents of anti-social behaviour, reported to and recorded by the police, as published on data.police.uk. Not every crime is reported to the police, so they are not all the crime there is. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately: the police record it as incidents, not crimes.

Each crime is published with an anonymised map point, and we count it in the ward whose boundary holds that point. In data.police.uk's words: “The latitude and longitude locations of Crime and ASB incidents published on this site always represent the approximate location of a crime — not the exact place that it happened.” Each point is the nearest of a fixed list of points over a street or public place, so a crime near a ward's edge can be counted in the ward next door. The site also says that, of the crimes published, “some may be reclassified as a different type of crime in future months, or confirmed as a false report after investigation”, and that “Estimates of geocoding accuracy in different forces range from 60% to 97%.” About the data.

From data.police.uk, read 12 October 2026; Open Government Licence. Ward boundaries from the ONS (OGL). We keep only the count for each ward, category and month: no crime's place or outcome.

The town, by category

In August 2026, the police recorded 1,054 crimes and 308 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Hastings' sixteen wards. In the 12 months to August 2026: 10,685 crimes and 2,660 incidents of anti-social behaviour.

Category, as the police name it	August 2026	12 months to August 2026	The 12 months before
Bicycle theft	1	72	75
Burglary	35	343	274
Criminal damage and arson	101	999	999
Drugs	38	372	303
Other theft	55	668	642
Possession of weapons	21	185	158
Public order	82	982	870
Robbery	19	167	90
Shoplifting	185	1,722	1,379
Theft from the person	4	51	53
Vehicle crime	85	719	414
Violence and sexual offences	410	4,155	4,055
Other crime	18	250	227
All crimes	1,054	10,685	9,539
Anti-social behaviour (incidents)	308	2,660	1,692

Crimes recorded each month in Hastings, as a table

Sep 23	804
Oct 23	850
Nov 23	742
Dec 23	742
Jan 24	772
Feb 24	683
Mar 24	908
Apr 24	785
May 24	848
Jun 24	794
Jul 24	796
Aug 24	782
Sep 24	775
Oct 24	726
Nov 24	737
Dec 24	693
Jan 25	694
Feb 25	692
Mar 25	848
Apr 25	827
May 25	859
Jun 25	867
Jul 25	950
Aug 25	871
Sep 25	818
Oct 25	896
Nov 25	746
Dec 25	755
Jan 26	834
Feb 26	753
Mar 26	878
Apr 26	996
May 26	940
Jun 26	903
Jul 26	1,112
Aug 26	1,054

Each ward

In alphabetical order. Wards differ in size, in how many people live and work in them and in how many visit, so one ward's count beside another's doesn't compare like with like. Each ward's page has its figures by category and month.

Ward	Crimes, August 2026	Anti-social behaviour, August 2026	Crimes, 12 months	Anti-social behaviour, 12 months
Ashdown	60	13	572	85
Baird	54	17	664	149
Braybrooke	40	12	392	126
Castle	301	114	2,459	689
Central St Leonards	121	30	1,038	357
Conquest	54	6	488	83
Gensing	100	10	1,179	163
Hollington	43	26	551	160
Maze Hill	29	12	281	59
Old Hastings	45	22	451	179
Ore	40	7	495	114
Silverhill	32	7	430	74
St Helens	20	3	172	43
Tressell	32	11	469	133
West St Leonards	41	9	494	136
Wishing Tree	42	9	550	110

Neighbourhood police teams

Each ward has a Sussex Police neighbourhood team of the same name. Their priorities and meetings are as the police publish them on data.police.uk; we don't name officers.

On data.police.uk every Hastings team gives the same email address: hastings@sussex.pnn.police.uk.

Sussex Police's telephone number on data.police.uk is 101, the police's number for anything that isn't an emergency; Sussex Police's website. In an emergency, call 999.

Ashdown
Team: Ashdown · priorities: Anti-social Behaviour & Public Order; Business Crime / Shoplifting
Next listed: Community Meeting - Ashdown, Wednesday 2 December 2026, 5pm, Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex.
Baird
Team: Baird · priorities: Drug Related Crime; Anti-social Behaviour
Next listed: Community Meeting - Baird Ward, Saturday 7 November 2026, 11am, The Firs, Elphinstone Road.
Braybrooke
Team: Braybrooke · priorities: ASB Scooters & Bikes in local public areas; Vehicle Offences and Theft
Next listed: Community Meeting - Braybrooke Ward, Monday 21 December 2026, 6pm, Alexandra Park St. Helens Road, Hastings.
Castle
Team: Castle (Hastings) · priorities: Shoplifting; Anti-social behaviour; Street Community / Drinking in public
Next listed: Community Meeting - Castle Ward, Saturday 14 November 2026, 10am, Hastings Police Pod, Wellington Place, Hastings.
Central St Leonards
Team: Central St Leonards · priorities: Drug related harm; Vehicle offences / Anti-social driving
Next listed: Community Meeting - Central St Leonards, Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm, St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards.
Conquest
Team: Conquest · priorities: Drug-Related Harm; Public Place Violent Crime
Next listed: Community Meeting - Conquest Ward, Wednesday 18 November 2026, 10am, Hastings Centre Car Park (opposite the Conquest), The Ridge.
Gensing
Team: Gensing · priorities: Public Place Violence; Robbery and Public Order; Criminal damage
Next listed: Community Meeting - Gensing, Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm, St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards.
Hollington
Team: Hollington · priorities: Anti-Social Behaviour; Anti-social Driving / Theft from or of vehicles
Next listed: Community Meeting - For Hollington Residents, Monday 9 November 2026, 12pm, Hollington Bowl, Wishing Tree Road North.
Maze Hill
Team: Maze Hill · priorities: Shop Lifting; Vehicle offences
Next listed: Community meeting, Monday 4 January 2027, 11am, The Combe Valley Cafe & Discovery Centre, Freshfields, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Old Hastings
Team: Old Hastings · priorities: Drug Dealing; ASB / Street Drinking
Next listed: Community meeting- Old Town Hastings, Sunday 17 January 2027, 3pm, Outside The Stables Theatre, Old London Road, Hastings.
Ore
Team: Ore · priorities: Speeding & Motorbikes
Next listed: Community Meeting - Ore, Saturday 12 December 2026, 11am, Ore Community Centre.
Silverhill
Team: Silverhill · priorities: Hate Crime; Residential Burglary
Next listed: Community Meeting - Silverhill, Thursday 17 December 2026, 6pm, St Matthews Church Grounds ( We will try and use the hall if it is raining ).
St Helens
Team: St Helens · priorities: Road safety and ASB driving; Rogue Traders / Cold callers
Next listed: Community Meeting - St Helens Ward, Thursday 17 December 2026, 4:30pm, Dunclutha Road junction with Langham Road.
Tressell
Team: Tressell · priorities: Drug Activity
Next listed: Community Meeting - Tressell Ward, Tuesday 15 December 2026, 5:30pm, Starting from West Hill Community Centre.
West St Leonards
Team: West St Leonards · priorities: ASB Driving
Next listed: Community meeting, Monday 4 January 2027, 11am, The Combe Valley Cafe & Discovery Centre, Freshfields, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Wishing Tree
Team: Wishing Tree · priorities: Anti-social Driving; Anti-social Behaviour
Next listed: Community Meeting - Wishing Tree Ward, Monday 9 November 2026, 12pm, Hollington Bowl, Wishing Tree Road North.

Months held: September 2023 to August 2026, the newest data.police.uk had published when it was last read. A month's figures arrive some weeks after it ends.