Crime Statistics for Portslade Village, Adur, West Sussex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Portslade Village in October 2024. There were a total of 223 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 Portslade Village, 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	72
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Shoplifting	37
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Public Order	12
Other Theft	9
Vehicle Crime	7
Burglary	6
Bicycle Theft	4
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	2
Drugs	1
All Crime	223

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Aldrington (1.39 miles)	308
Hangleton (0.62 miles)	273
Southern Cross (0.62 miles)	226
Portslade Village	223
Shoreham Beach (2.24 miles)	197
Portslade-By-Sea (0.62 miles)	172
Fishersgate (0.62 miles)	172
Mile Oak (0.62 miles)	167
Southwick (0.88 miles)	124
Fulking (3.17 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Portslade Village?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Aldrington	109
Hangleton	97
Southern Cross	97
Shoreham Beach	97
Portslade Village	72
Portslade-By-Sea	57
Fishersgate	57
Mile Oak	54
Southwick	32
Fulking	0

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

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 Portslade Village 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 Portslade Village compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Eastbrook	60
2	Central Hove	52
3	Hillside	45
4	St Mary's	45
5	South Portslade	42
6	Wish	42
7	Southwick Green	36
8	Westbourne	36
9	North Portslade	35
10	Southlands	33
11	St Nicolas	20

Which road in Portslade Village has the highest level of crime?

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