Central St Leonards
Middle areaSouth west Hastings. 8,270 people in 0.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Central St Leonards live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Central St Leonards
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central St Leonards at a rate of 191.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 146.8 per 1,000 people across Hastings.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 535 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 399 |
| Other crime | 276 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 131 |
| Drug offences | 60 |
| Vehicle crime | 59 |
| Shoplifting | 47 |
| Burglary | 43 |
| Robbery | 22 |
| Theft from the person | 10 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Central St Leonards compares
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Is Central St Leonards safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central St Leonards at a rate of 191.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 146.8 per 1,000 people across Hastings.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 184 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central St Leonards.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (535), anti-social behaviour (399) and other crime (276).
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 Hastings
These figures are published for the whole of Hastings, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Hastings and not Central St Leonards alone. See Hastings
Central St Leonards in brief
The median price paid for a home in Central St Leonards was £201,250 in 2025.
Central St Leonards had 8,221 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Central St Leonards live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Central St Leonards, 50.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.