Crime Statistics for Findon, Arun, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Findon in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Other Theft.

Crime Category	Incidents
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Theft	2
Violent Crime	2
Burglary	1
All Crime	12

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 Findon. 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 Findon

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Broadwater (2.78 miles)	397
Durrington-on-Sea Sta (3.11 miles)	279
Salvington (1.96 miles)	274
West Durrington (2.05 miles)	179
Findon Valley (1.39 miles)	119
Findon	12
Patching (2.77 miles)	9
Nepcote	8
Washington (2.49 miles)	2
Beggars Bush (2.56 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Findon?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broadwater	146
Salvington	79
Durrington-on-Sea Sta	76
West Durrington	72
Findon Valley	40
Patching	4
Findon	2
Nepcote	2
Washington	2
Beggars Bush	1

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

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 Findon 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 Findon compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Findon and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Findon is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Gaisford	43
2	Castle	40
3	Northbrook	39
4	Peverel	32
5	Selden	30
6	Offington	27
7	Tarring	26
8	Broadwater	25
9	Salvington	23
10	Durrington	20
11	Goring	13

Which road in Findon has the highest level of crime?

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