Crime Statistics for Southwick, Adur, West Sussex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Southwick in September 2024. There were a total of 125 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 Southwick, 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	49
Anti Social Behaviour	27
Shoplifting	10
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Public Order	8
Other Theft	7
Burglary	5
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	125

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 Southwick. 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 Southwick

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Portslade Village (0.88 miles)	403
Aldrington (1.86 miles)	305
Hangleton (1.39 miles)	267
Portslade-By-Sea (0.62 miles)	170
Southern Cross (0.62 miles)	170
Fishersgate (0.62 miles)	170
Mile Oak (1.39 miles)	142
Southwick	125
Shoreham Beach (1.39 miles)	82
Coombes (3.62 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Southwick?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Portslade Village	148
Hangleton	94
Aldrington	89
Portslade-By-Sea	86
Southern Cross	61
Fishersgate	61
Mile Oak	54
Southwick	49
Shoreham Beach	24
Coombes	1

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

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 Southwick 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 Southwick compare to surrounding wards?

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

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

Which road in Southwick has the highest level of crime?

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