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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	84
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Shoplifting	28
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Public Order	22
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	8
Burglary	7
Other Crime	6
Robbery	4
Drugs	3
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	253

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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Toddington (0.88 miles)	306
Littlehampton	253
Rustington (1.86 miles)	101
Poling (1.76 miles)	78
Horsemere Green (1.86 miles)	41
Burndell (2.48 miles)	33
Poling Corner (2.24 miles)	17
Brookpits (1.39 miles)	8
Atherington (1.33 miles)	7
Tortington (2.24 miles)	6

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Toddington	129
Littlehampton	84
Rustington	42
Poling	29
Horsemere Green	16
Burndell	12
Poling Corner	8
Brookpits	0
Atherington	0
Tortington	0

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	River	72
2	Courtwick with Toddington	71
3	Beach	45
4	Yapton	36
5	Brookfield	32
6	Arundel & Walberton	31
7	Rustington East	29
8	Felpham East	27
9	East Preston	26
10	Rustington West	22
11	Middleton-on-Sea	13

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 Harwood Road.