Crime Rate in Felpham West, ward

Felpham West has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Arun district and the 3025th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 414th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Felpham West in the last 12 months was 75.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% lower than the Arun district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Felpham West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 216 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 264 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Felpham West ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Kingsmead. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 87 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.