Crime Statistics for Hangleton, Portslade by Sea, Brighton and Hove, 2024

There were a total of 238 street level crime incidents in Hangleton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hangleton, 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	90
Anti Social Behaviour	54
Public Order	22
Shoplifting	19
Other Theft	16
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Burglary	6
Other Crime	5
Vehicle Crime	5
Drugs	4
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	238

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 Hangleton. 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 Hangleton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Aldrington (0.88 miles)	249
Hangleton	238
Portslade Village (0.62 miles)	177
Portslade-By-Sea (0.88 miles)	138
Southern Cross (0.88 miles)	138
Fishersgate (0.88 miles)	138
Mile Oak (0.88 miles)	98
Southwick (1.39 miles)	94
Patcham (2.77 miles)	90
Shoreham Beach (2.77 miles)	52

Where are the most violent places near Hangleton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Aldrington	98
Hangleton	90
Portslade Village	66
Portslade-By-Sea	47
Southern Cross	47
Fishersgate	47
Mile Oak	42
Southwick	34
Patcham	31
Shoreham Beach	11

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

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 Hangleton 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 Hangleton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hangleton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hangleton is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Eastbrook	60
2	Central Hove	52
3	Hangleton and Knoll	49
4	Hillside	45
5	South Portslade	42
6	Wish	42
7	Southwick Green	36
8	Westbourne	36
9	North Portslade	35
10	Southlands	33
11	Withdean	27

Which road in Hangleton has the highest level of crime?

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