Crime Statistics for Castle Town, Upper Beeding, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Castle Town 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 Castle Town, 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	4
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	6

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 Castle Town. 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 Castle Town

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

Location	Crime Incidents
North Lancing (3.34 miles)	170
Mile Oak (3.62 miles)	100
Henfield (3.78 miles)	33
Nep Town (3.17 miles)	11
Upper Beeding (0.62 miles)	8
Castle Town	6
Beggars Bush (3.1 miles)	2
Botolphs (0.88 miles)	1
Fulking (2.55 miles)	0
Coombes (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Castle Town?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
North Lancing	54
Mile Oak	41
Henfield	13
Nep Town	5
Upper Beeding	5
Castle Town	4
Beggars Bush	1
Botolphs	0
Fulking	0
Coombes	0

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

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 Castle Town 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 Castle Town compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hillside	45
2	St Mary's	45
3	Marine	35
4	Southlands	33
5	Manor	24
6	Henfield	21
7	Steyning & Ashurst	21
8	St Nicolas	20
9	Cokeham	20
10	Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote	13
11	Buckingham	8

Which road in Castle Town has the highest level of crime?

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