Crime Statistics for Mile Oak, Portslade by Sea, Brighton and Hove, 2024

Crime statistics for Mile Oak, Portslade by Sea

There were a total of 100 street level crime incidents in Mile Oak in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Mile Oak, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime41
Shoplifting23
Anti Social Behaviour10
Drugs7
Criminal Damage Arson5
Burglary4
Other Theft3
Public Order3
Vehicle Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime100

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Mile Oak. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Mile Oak

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Aldrington (1.75 miles)266
Hangleton (0.88 miles)229
Portslade Village (0.62 miles)187
Portslade-By-Sea (1.24 miles)137
Southern Cross (1.24 miles)137
Fishersgate (1.24 miles)137
Mile Oak100
Southwick (1.39 miles)99
Shoreham Beach (2.63 miles)75
Fulking (2.56 miles)0

9.62%
of North Portslade residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Mile Oak?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Aldrington91
Hangleton86
Portslade Village63
Portslade-By-Sea46
Southern Cross46
Fishersgate46
Mile Oak41
Southwick34
Shoreham Beach16
Fulking0

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

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 Mile Oak 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 Mile Oak compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Mile Oak and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Mile Oak is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Eastbrook60
2Hangleton and Knoll49
3Hillside45
4St Mary's45
5South Portslade42
6Wish42
7Southwick Green36
8Hurstpierpoint and Downs36
9North Portslade35
10Southlands33
11St Nicolas20

Which road in Mile Oak has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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