Crime Statistics for Littlehampton, Arun, West Sussex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Littlehampton in September 2024. There were a total of 253 incidents. 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 Littlehampton, 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 Crime84
Anti Social Behaviour56
Shoplifting28
Criminal Damage Arson24
Public Order22
Vehicle Crime9
Other Theft8
Burglary7
Other Crime6
Robbery4
Drugs3
Theft From The Person1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime253

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Toddington (0.88 miles)306
Littlehampton253
Rustington (1.86 miles)101
Poling (1.76 miles)78
Burndell (2.48 miles)42
Horsemere Green (1.86 miles)41
Poling Corner (2.24 miles)17
Atherington (1.33 miles)10
Brookpits (1.39 miles)7
Tortington (2.24 miles)6

16.12%
of River (Arun) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Littlehampton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Toddington129
Littlehampton84
Rustington42
Poling29
Horsemere Green16
Burndell11
Poling Corner8
Atherington2
Brookpits1
Tortington0

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

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 Littlehampton 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 Littlehampton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1River72
2Courtwick with Toddington71
3Beach45
4Yapton36
5Brookfield32
6Arundel & Walberton31
7Rustington East29
8Felpham East27
9East Preston26
10Rustington West22
11Middleton-on-Sea13

Which road in Littlehampton has the highest level of crime?

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

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