Crime Statistics for South Bersted, Arun, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 301 street level crime incidents in South Bersted in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in South Bersted, 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	96
Criminal Damage Arson	36
Shoplifting	34
Anti Social Behaviour	31
Public Order	24
Other Theft	20
Burglary	17
Vehicle Crime	11
Other Crime	10
Drugs	7
Possession Of Weapons	6
Bicycle Theft	5
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	1
All Crime	301

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Bersted	301
Bognor Regis (0.62 miles)	252
Felpham (1.24 miles)	130
Shripney (1.24 miles)	54
Bilsham (2.77 miles)	39
Aldwick (1.89 miles)	38
Nyetimber (2.77 miles)	32
Lagness (2.48 miles)	18
Ancton (3.1 miles)	12
Colworth (1.76 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near South Bersted?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Bersted	96
Bognor Regis	87
Felpham	57
Aldwick	18
Shripney	15
Nyetimber	15
Bilsham	12
Lagness	11
Ancton	5
Colworth	3

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

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 South Bersted 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 South Bersted compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to South Bersted and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. South Bersted is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hotham	70
2	Marine	70
3	Pevensey	61
4	Orchard	50
5	Bersted	49
6	Felpham West	46
7	Felpham East	27
8	Aldwick East	22
9	Aldwick West	13
10	Middleton-on-Sea	13
11	Pagham	10

Which road in South Bersted has the highest level of crime?

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