Crime Statistics for Ancton, Arun, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 14 street level crime incidents in Ancton in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ancton, 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	5
Burglary	2
Shoplifting	2
Other Theft	2
Drugs	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	14

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Bersted (3.1 miles)	301
Littlehampton (2.77 miles)	207
Felpham (1.86 miles)	130
Barnham (2.78 miles)	68
Burndell (1.24 miles)	57
Bilsham (1.39 miles)	37
Horsemere Green (1.39 miles)	24
Ancton	14
Atherington (1.57 miles)	7
Brookpits (1.39 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Ancton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Bersted	96
Littlehampton	76
Felpham	57
Barnham	19
Burndell	11
Bilsham	7
Horsemere Green	5
Ancton	5
Atherington	3
Brookpits	3

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

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 Ancton 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 Ancton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ancton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Ancton have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is River.

#	Ward	Score
1	River	72
2	Courtwick with Toddington	71
3	Hotham	70
4	Marine	70
5	Pevensey	61
6	Orchard	50
7	Felpham West	46
8	Yapton	36
9	Felpham East	27
10	Aldwick East	22
11	Middleton-on-Sea	13

Which road in Ancton has the highest level of crime?

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