Sovereign
WardNorth east Eastbourne. About 11,613 people in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 90% of people in Sovereign live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Sovereign compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sovereign safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sovereign at a rate of 71.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 140.9 per 1,000 people across Eastbourne.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sovereign.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (218), anti-social behaviour (184) and shoplifting (155).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Eastbourne
These figures are published for the whole of Eastbourne, not for each ward, so they describe all of Eastbourne and not Sovereign alone. See Eastbourne
Sovereign in brief
Sovereign had 11,876 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in Sovereign live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sovereign, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sovereign, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.