Crime Statistics for Shoreham Beach, Adur, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Shoreham Beach, Adur

There were a total of 75 street level crime incidents in Shoreham Beach in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting17
Violent Crime16
Anti Social Behaviour14
Public Order9
Other Theft7
Criminal Damage Arson4
Robbery3
Burglary2
Bicycle Theft2
Drugs1
All Crime75

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 Shoreham Beach. 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 Shoreham Beach

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Portslade Village (2.24 miles)187
North Lancing (2.56 miles)170
Lancing (2.48 miles)150
South Lancing (2.48 miles)150
Portslade-By-Sea (1.96 miles)137
Southern Cross (1.96 miles)137
Fishersgate (1.96 miles)137
Mile Oak (2.63 miles)100
Southwick (1.39 miles)99
Shoreham Beach75

8.69%
of St Mary's (Adur) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shoreham Beach?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Portslade Village63
North Lancing54
Lancing47
South Lancing47
Portslade-By-Sea46
Southern Cross46
Fishersgate46
Mile Oak41
Southwick34
Shoreham Beach16

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

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 Shoreham Beach 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 Shoreham Beach compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shoreham Beach and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shoreham Beach is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Eastbrook60
2Mash Barn47
3Hillside45
4St Mary's45
5Churchill43
6Southwick Green36
7Marine35
8Widewater35
9Southlands33
10Manor24
11St Nicolas20

Which road in Shoreham Beach has the highest level of crime?

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

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