Crime Rate in Southbourne, ward

Southbourne has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Chichester district and the 1119th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 167th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Southbourne in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.0% lower than the Chichester district average (78.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Southbourne’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -73.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 137 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Southbourne ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hartland Court, with 27 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Baileys Way (6 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.