Crime Rate in Hotham, ward

Hotham has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 wards in Arun district and the 428th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 55th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hotham in the last 12 months was 174.6 per 1,000 residents and was 96.2% higher than the Arun district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hotham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 452 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , down -63.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 585 (≈ 88.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hotham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Station Road, with 151 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sussex Street (83 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.