Crime Rate in St Mary's, ward

St Mary's has the 2nd highest crime rate of 14 wards in Adur district and the 516th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 62nd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Mary's in the last 12 months was 163.5 per 1,000 residents and was 117.9% higher than the Adur district average (75.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Mary's’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 273 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 41.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 287 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Mary's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 246 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.