Crime Rate in Hillside, ward

Hillside has the 6th highest crime rate of 14 wards in Adur district and the 3299th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 468th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hillside in the last 12 months was 70.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% lower than the Adur district average (75.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hillside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hillside ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.