Crime Rate in River, ward

River has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 wards in Arun district and the 347th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 45th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in River in the last 12 months was 187.8 per 1,000 residents and was 111.0% higher than the Arun district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, River’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 613 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 9 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 44.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 809 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the River ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 479 crimes here, including 120 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.